sorting php arrays ordering by nested element

Question

I have a php session $_SESSION[‘details’] and when i print_r returns the following.

Array (
[0] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325402 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 2 ) 
[1] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325423 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 2 ) 
[2] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325470 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 10 ) 
[3] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325440 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 4 ) 
[4] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325416 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 2 )
[5] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325471 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 10 ) 
 )

How can a sort the array so all the the catID are together?

Array (
[0] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325402 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 2 ) 
[1] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325423 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 2 ) 
[2] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325416 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 2 )
[3] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325440 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 4 ) 
[4] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325470 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 10 ) 
[5] => Array ( [nameID] => 1357325471 [vol] => 1 [catID] => 10 ) 

 )

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '14 at 18:42

1

Try this:

function cmp($a, $b){
    return strcmp($a["catID"], $b["catID"]);
}

usort($_SESSION['details'], "cmp");

answered Apr 26 '14 at 18:42

morawcik

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+1 I learnt about strcmp here now :) – Joshua Kissoon Apr 27 '14 at 05:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 26 '14 at 18:42

0

You can use PHP's usort function and supply your own comparison function. Like this:

function cmp($a, $b)
{
    return ($a["catID"] > $b["catID"]) ? 1 : -1;  // Ascending order
}

usort($_SESSION[‘details’], "cmp");

answered Apr 26 '14 at 18:42

Joshua Kissoon

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sorting php arrays ordering by nested element

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