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sort multidimensional arrays by name.
specify the index and order to sort your multiarray.

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<?php

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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|                             PHParadise source code
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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| file:             complex array sort
| category:         array handling
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| last modified:    Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:12:22 GMT
| downloaded:       Fri, 25 May 2012 02:39:34 GMT as copy from textarea
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| code URL:
| http://phparadise.de/php-code/array-handling/complex-array-sort/
|
| description:
| sort multidimensional arrays by name. specify the index and order to sort your
| multiarray.
|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

// demo of complex array sorting

$demoarray = array(
	'whatever'=>array(
		'first'=>25,
		'second'=>'fred'
	),
	'whatever2'=>array(
		'first'=>36,
		'second'=>'simone'
	),
	'whatever3'=>array(
		'first'=>12,
		'second'=>'tom'
	),
	'whatever4'=>array(
		'first'=>3,
		'second'=>'peter'
	),
	'whatever5'=>array(
		'first'=>56,
		'second'=>'maria'
	)
);

$sortorder = 'desc';
$index = 'first';

$demoarray = array_multi_sort($demoarray, $index,$sortorder);

echo '
	
		array sorted by fieldname &quot;'.$index.'&quot; in '.$sortorder.'ending order
	
	';
foreach($demoarray as $row)
{
	echo '
		'.print_r($row,true).' ';
}
echo '
	';

$sortorder = 'asc';
$index = 'second';

$demoarray = array_multi_sort($demoarray, $index,$sortorder);

echo '
	
		array sorted by fieldname &quot;'.$index.'&quot; in '.$sortorder.'ending order
	
	';
foreach($demoarray as $row)
{
	echo '
		'.print_r($row,true).' ';
}
echo '
	';

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