note 114076 added to function.array-multisort

Hi, I would like to see the next code snippet to be added to http://nl3.php.net/array_multisort Purpose: Sort a 2-dimensional array on some key(s) Advantage of function: - uses PHP's array_multisort function for sorting; - it prepares the arrays (needed by array_multisort) for you; - allows the sort criteria be passed as a separate array (It is possible to use sort order and flags.); - easy to set/overwrite the way strings are sorted (case insensitive instead of case sensitive, which is PHP's default way of sorting); - performs excellent function MultiSort($data, $sortCriteria, $caseInSensitive = true) { if( !is_array($data) || !is_array($sortCriteria)) return false; $args = array(); $i = 0; foreach($sortCriteria as $sortColumn => $sortAttributes) { $colList = array(); foreach ($data as $key => $row) { $convertToLower = $caseInSensitive && (in_array(SORT_STRING, $sortAttributes) || in_array(SORT_REGULAR, $sortAttributes)); $rowData = $convertToLower ? strtolower($row[$sortColumn]) : $row[$sortColumn]; $colLists[$sortColumn][$key] = $rowData; } $args[] = &$colLists[$sortColumn]; foreach($sortAttributes as $sortAttribute) { $tmp[$i] = $sortAttribute; $args[] = &$tmp[$i]; $i++; } } $args[] = &$data; call_user_func_array('array_multisort', $args); return end($args); } Usage: //Fill an array with random test data define('MAX_ITEMS', 15); define('MAX_VAL', 20); for($i=0; $i < MAX_ITEMS; $i++) $data[] = array('field1' => rand(1, MAX_VAL), 'field2' => rand(1, MAX_VAL), 'field3' => rand(1, MAX_VAL) ); //Set the sort criteria (add as many fields as you want) $sortCriteria = array('field1' => array(SORT_DESC, SORT_NUMERIC), 'field3' => array(SORT_DESC, SORT_NUMERIC) ); //Call it like this: $sortedData = MultiSort($data, $sortCriteria, true); ---- Server IP: 91.199.167.223 Probable Submitter: 193.200.140.75 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-multisort.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/114076 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114076/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114076/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114076/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114076/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114076/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114076/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/114076 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/114076 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php