note 57161 added to function.array-multisort

This is the simpler version of the function by AlberT. A lot of times you have got an array like this: $test[0]['name']='Peter'; $test[0]['points']=1; $test[1]['name']='Mike'; $test[1]['points']=5; $test[2]['name']='John'; $test[2]['points']=2; You just want to sort on the index in the second dimension, ie. on points in the above example. You can use the function below and call it like this: $test = multi_sort($test, $key = 'points'); function multi_sort($array, $akey) { function compare($a, $b) { global $key; return strcmp($a[$key], $b[$key]); } usort($array, "compare"); return $array; } Note: to be able to use $key in the compare function, it can not simply be passed as a parameter. It has to be declared global and set somewhere outside of compare(). ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-multisort.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57161 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57161&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57161&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57161&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57161&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57161&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57161&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57161&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57161&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php