Re: Sorting multi-dimensional arrays

Ummm (total stab in the dark - I've never used this ...) <? $arrayA = array(1,4,5,2,3); $arrayB = array( columnB => array(96,23,2,5,6), columnA => array(1,5,21,4,6)); array_multisort(&$arrayA,SORT_ASC); array_multisort(&$arrayB,SORT_ASC); while(list($key,$val) = each($arrayA)){ echo $key.' ==> '.$val."\n"; } while(list($key,$val) = each($arrayB)){ echo $key.' ==> '.$val."\n"; } ?> Pretty cool - it sorted the second on like this: columnA ==> Array columnB ==> Array They were sorted :O) --Joe On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 09:24:19AM +0100, Tobias H. Michaelsen wrote: > "Joe Stump" <joe@earth.care2.com> wrote in message > news:20001030100702.C31604@zorka.com... > > http://www.php.net/manual/function.array-multisort.php > > > > Yes, i have seen that one, but how would you use it to sort by a specific > column? The manual does say that it "resembles the functionality of SQL > ORDER BY clause", and that is exactly what i want, but i cant see how -- the > examples all sorts the content the sub-arrays, and that is not what i want. > > -Tobias- > > > --Joe > > > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 03:52:31PM +0100, Tobias H. Michaelsen wrote: > > > Is there a way to sort a multi-dimensional array by a specified collumn? > > > > > > ex. if i want to sort by the 3rd row: > > > > > > /=== > > > | $ar = array( array( 23, 'kjhsdfjhd', 952106215, 'jkhg' ), > > > | array( 24, 'zmncjdflf', 952103423, 'fgfg' ) ); > > > | sort_multi_array_by_col( $ar, 2 ); > > > \=== > > > > > > and then i get: > > > > > > $ar[0] => [ 24, 'zmncjdflf', 952103423, 'fgfg' ] > > > $ar[1] => [ 23, 'kjhsdfjhd', 952106215, 'jkhg' ] > > > > > > Or perhaps by key-name: > > > > > > /=== > > > | $ar = array( array( "name" => "John", "telephone" > > > => "555-4321" ), > > > | array( "name" => "Bob", "telephone" > > > => "555-1234" ) ); > > > | sort_multi_array_by_col( $ar, "telephone" ); > > > \=== > > > > > > -Tobias- > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ================================================================================ = Joe Stump joestump98@yahoo.com http://www.miester.org = ================================================================================ "Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it should be hard to understand."