note 97766 modified in function.array-multisort by danbrown

Easiest way I find out to sort an entire multidimensional array by one element of it: <?php $multiArray = Array( Array("id" => 1, "name" => "Defg"), Array("id" => 2, "name" => "Abcd"), Array("id" => 3, "name" => "Bcde"), Array("id" => 4, "name" => "Cdef")); $tmp = Array(); foreach($multiArray as &$ma) $tmp[] = &$ma["name"]; array_multisort($tmp, $multiArray); foreach($multiArray as &$ma) echo $ma["name"]."<br/>"; /* Outputs Abcd Bcde Cdef Defg */ ?> ^-^ --was-- Easiest way I find out to sort an entire multidimensional array by one element of it: $multiArray = Array( Array("id" => 1, "name" => "Defg"), Array("id" => 2, "name" => "Abcd"), Array("id" => 3, "name" => "Bcde"), Array("id" => 4, "name" => "Cdef")); $tmp = Array(); foreach($multiArray as &$ma) $tmp[] = &$ma["name"]; array_multisort($tmp, $multiArray); foreach($multiArray as &$ma) echo $ma["name"]."<br/>"; /* Outputs Abcd Bcde Cdef Defg */ ^-^ http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-multisort.php