Array sorting

[tobeyt23]

I have an array with a key shortname. I need to sort the array by sortname in a specific order how can I accomplish this? for Example I need shortname order like this (What, Bob, Jake, How).

[Jagarm]

Maybe this function will help you

http://ca.php.net/manual/en/function.sort.php

, it sort arrays

[Maq]

I have an array with a key shortname. I need to sort the array by sortname in a specific order how can I accomplish this? for Example I need shortname order like this (What, Bob, Jake, How).

 

I still don't understand what the "specific order" is? 

 

I don't see any type of sort in:  (What, Bob, Jake, How)

[steelaz]

If your array looks like this:

 

$array = array('What', 'Bob', 'Jake', 'How');

 

you can sort it using sort() function:

 

sort($array);

[tobeyt23]

Here is the array, I want the shortname not to be alpha but in an order i set such as b,a,c or c,a,b or b,c,a

 

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [orderId] => 269
            [shortName] => a
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [orderId] => 269
            [shortName] => b
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [orderId] => 269
            [shortName] => c
        )

)