Re: array problem need help quick

When looping your SELECT result (or whatever), feed two arrays: $arr[] = array( "name" => "marmite", "tally" => 10 ) ; + an "index" array that will serve to rank items: $rank[] = 10 ; Now you sort $rank on the value. The whole idea is that you will not need to sort $arr (you can, but it is needlessly complicated: usort()...) To call the elements of $arr in the right order, loop $rank: foreach ( $rank as $r ) { // the element you need is $arr[$rank[$r]]['name'], etc. HTH Ignatius ____________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "DaMouse" <damouse@ntlworld.com> To: "PHP - Win" <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 6:17 AM Subject: [PHP-WIN] array problem need help quick I need help with a array problem I want one array to be sorted and another taking its same number order e.g. $ar1[0] == "marmite"; $ar2[0] == 10; $ar1[1] == "jam"; $ar2[1] == 11; $ar1[2] == "beef"; $ar2[2] == 7; $ar1[3] == "cabbage"; $ar2[3] == 0; $ar1[4] == "ick"; $ar2[4] == 5; sort($ar2,SORT_NUMERIC); and then make sure that the values of $ar1 are with there vote number counterparts in $ar2 so now $ar2[0] == 0; $ar1[0] == "cabbage"; please help Ensign Baker HCO Officer USS Atlantis