Sorting data from a php array

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I've decoded a JSON result from a server request and now need to sort based on the [name] field from the array. The deserialized code looks like this (snippet)

Array
(
[items] => Array
    (
        [0] => Array
            (
                [houseTypes] => Array
                    (
                        [0] => 2
                        [1] => 3
                        [2] => 4
                    )

                [id] => 1
                [name] => Aberdeen
                [isLive] => 
            )

        [1] => Array
            (
                [houseTypes] => Array
                    (
                        [0] => 2
                        [1] => 3
                        [2] => 4
                    )

                [id] => 2
                [name] => Aberystwyth
                [isLive] =>

There is no guarantee that the data coming down from the server will by alphabetical, so I need to sort based on the name.

I've tried using sort, assort and ksort, but none are showing correctly.

Is there a simple way to do this?

use foreach loop and then try ksort

Parixit
– Parixit

2013-09-06 16:49:59 +00:00
Commented Sep 6, 2013 at 16:49 — Parixit
– Parixit, Commented Sep 6, 2013 at 16:49
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user1508519
– user1508519

2013-09-06 16:50:27 +00:00
Commented Sep 6, 2013 at 16:50 — user1508519
– user1508519, Commented Sep 6, 2013 at 16:50

01e · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-06 17:32:44Z

0

do it simple,
try this:

function cmp($a,$b)
{
    if($a['name'] == $b['name'])
        return 0;
    return ($a['name'] < $b['name']) ? -1 : 1;
}
uasort($yourarray['items'],'cmp');
print_r($yourarray);

answered Sep 6, 2013 at 17:32

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Suvash sarker · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-06 17:07:22Z

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you can try with usort.See this http://php.net/manual/en/function.usort.php

answered Sep 6, 2013 at 17:07

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bart2puck · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-06 17:13:28Z

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I use this:

 function subval_sort($a,$subkey) {
    foreach($a as $k=>$v) {
            $b[$k] = strtolower($v[$subkey]);
    }
    asort($b);
    foreach($b as $key=>$val) {
            $c[] = $a[$key];
    }
    return $c;
}
$users = subval_sort($users,'name');

answered Sep 6, 2013 at 17:13

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