Need some ideas as to how to go about sorting this array...

[Scooby08]

Here's how the array's are created..

 

<?php
while ($x = readdir($dp)) {
    $order[] = $p['order'];
    $files[] = $x;
}
?>

 

Here's a sample of how they come out..

 

Array
(
    [0] => c
    [1] => f
    [2] => a
    [3] => b
    [4] => d
    [5] => b
    [6] => 
    [7] => e
)

Array
(
    [0] => learn-more
    [1] => apple.php
    [2] => company-info
    [3] => zigzag.php
    [4] => products-services
    [5] => customer-support
    [6] => index.php
    [7] => service-agreements
)

 

How could I sort the files array by using the values of the order array and also make index.php always first to get something like so:

 

Array
(
    [0] => index.php
    [1] => company-info
    [2] => zigzag.php
    [3] => customer-support
    [4] => learn-more
    [5] => products-services
    [6] => service-agreements
    [7] => apple.php
)

 

[rajivgonsalves]

any reason for two arrays ? , you could make the porder the key of the $files array and sort it on that ?

[Scooby08]

I tried that way, but if two, three or four keys are the same for example, all gets deleted but one.. That's why I had two b's in the order.. I need to be able to have duplicates..

[rajivgonsalves]

had to edit since I found the function I was looking for

 

<?php 
$order = array('c','f','a','b','d','b','','e');
$files = array('learn-more','apple.php','company-info','zigzag.php','products-services','customer-support','index.php','service-agreements');

array_multisort($order, $files);

print_r($files);
?>

[Scooby08]

Ahh nice! Thanks rajivgonsalves!! I think that'll work just lovely!