On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 12:59, John Nichel wrote:
> Okay, I know someone is going to shoot me for asking such a dumb 
> question, but I just can't seem to find the answer anywhere.  I have a 
> multidimensional array which I would like to sort on the value of one of 
> the keys...
> 
> Array
> (
>      [0] => Array
>          (
>              [foo] => blah
>              [bar] => blah
>              [sort] => 5
>       )
>      [1] => Array
>          (
>              [foo] => blah
>              [bar] => blah
>              [sort] => 2
>       )
>      [2] => Array
>          (
>              [foo] => blah
>              [bar] => blah
>              [sort] => 4
>       )
>      [3] => Array
>          (
>              [foo] => blah
>              [bar] => blah
>              [sort] => 3
>       )
>      [4] => Array
>          (
>              [foo] => blah
>              [bar] => blah
>              [sort] => 1
>       )
> )
> 
> What I would like to do is sort this on the value of 'sort' in each 
> sub-array.  What am I missing????  TIA

usort( $theAboveArray, 'mySortHandler' );

function mySortHandler( $v1, $v2 )
{
    if( $v1['sort'] > $v2['sort'] )
    {
        return 1;
    }
    else
    if( $v1['sort'] < $v2['sort'] )
    {
        return -1;
    }

    return 0;
}

Cheers,
Rob.
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