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at January 23, 2010 20:36 by AlejoLuc
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/**
* sort_array_by_key()
*
* @param array $array
* @param string|int $key
* @return array
*
* @author Alejo
*/
function array_sort_by_key($array, $key)
{
$tmpArKeys = array();
foreach ($array as $ar_item)
{
$tmpArKeys[] = $ar_item[$key];
}
asort($tmpArKeys);
$newAr = array();
foreach ($tmpArKeys as $n_key => $n_val)
{
$newAr[] = $array[$n_key];
}
return $newAr;
}
/// Example
$people = array(
array(
'Name' => 'John',
'Lastname' => 'Doe',
'E-mail' => '[email protected]'
),
array(
'Name' => 'Harry',
'Lastname' => 'Potter',
'E-mail' => '[email protected]'
),
array(
'Name' => 'Lady',
'Lastname' => 'Gaga',
'E-mail' => '[email protected]'
)
);
$sorted_people = array_sort_by_key($people, 'Name');
print_r($sorted_people);
/// Example output:
/*
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[Name] => Harry
[Lastname] => Potter
[E-mail] => [email protected]
)
[1] => Array
(
[Name] => John
[Lastname] => Doe
[E-mail] => [email protected]
)
[2] => Array
(
[Name] => Lady
[Lastname] => Gaga
[E-mail] => [email protected]
)
)
*/
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Simple function that sorts a bi-dimensional array by one of it keys.
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Sort bidimensional array by one of it keys
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php, sort, array
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PHP