note 57879 added to ref.array

Thought this might save someone a few hours. :) Feedback welcome, of course! Public domain, yadda yadda. function assocSort(&$array,$key) { if (!is_array($array) || count($array) == 0) return true; $assocSortCompare = '$a = $a["'.$key.'"]; $b = $b["'.$key.'"];'; if (is_numeric($array[0][$key])) { $assocSortCompare.= ' return ($a == $b) ? 0 : (($a < $b) ? -1 : 1);'; } else { $assocSortCompare.= ' return strcmp($a,$b);'; } $assocSortCompare = create_function('$a,$b',$assocSortCompare); return usort($array,$assocSortCompare); } ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57879 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57879&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57879&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57879&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57879&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57879&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57879&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57879&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57879&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php