JSON SORT WITH PHP

[hsaenz12]

I have two products that I want to sort by say "Id:17, value: xxx" using php

The page will end up looking like this

 

Part Number    Diameter  Effective focal  back focal  cntr thickness      edge thickness

L-AOC000        6.00          10.00              7.52          4.75                  3.5

 

here is the decoded json for the two products ( there are a few hundred products)

 

{"id":"16","value":"L-AOC000"},{"id":"17","value":"6.00"},{"id":"18","value":"10.00"},{"id":"19","value":"7.52"},{"id":"20","value":"4.75"},{"id":"21","value":"3.50"}

 

{"id":"16","value":"L-AOC001"},{"id":"17","value":"7.00"},{"id":"18","value":"11.00"},{"id":"19","value":"8.52"},{"id":"20","value":"3.75"},{"id":"21","value":"2.50"}

 

any help would be appreciated

[trq]

Where exactly are you stuck?

[hsaenz12]

Well I'm trying to hack this program i have (open source). A a point in a function the script returns

the values that i posted above. i want to be able to sort those values before the function strips the strings further. I am somewhat new to programming (teaching myself) but i can understand it.

here is what the function looks like

 

elseif (preg_match('/^\[.*\]$/s', $str) || preg_match('/^\{.*\}$/s', $str)) {

                    // array, or object notation

 

                    if ($str{0} == '[') {

                        $stk = array(SERVICES_JSON_IN_ARR);

                        $arr = array();

                    } else {

                        if ($this->use & SERVICES_JSON_LOOSE_TYPE) {

                            $stk = array(SERVICES_JSON_IN_OBJ);

                            $obj = array();

                        } else {

                            $stk = array(SERVICES_JSON_IN_OBJ);

                            $obj = new stdClass();

                        }

                    }

 

                    array_push($stk, array('what'  => SERVICES_JSON_SLICE,

                                          'where' => 0,

                                          'delim' => false));

 

                    $chrs = substr($str, 1, -1);

 

                    $chrs = $this->reduce_string($chrs);

 

                    if ($chrs == '') {

                        if (reset($stk) == SERVICES_JSON_IN_ARR) {

                            return $arr;

 

                        } else {

                            return $obj;

 

                        }

                    }

//print("$chrs");<-------- at this point is where I get the strings i posted above.  is it even possible to sort at this point?

 

[mikesta707]

if its valid json, than you can just use json_decode to turn it into a PHP variable, sort it however you like, and then re-encode it if you need to