Associative array questions

[msaz87]

Hey all,

 

I had a few questions about using associative arrays I was hoping someone could help me with...

 

I'm building an associative array like so:

$stat_array		= array("Player ID" => $player_id, "Stat" => $stat_sum);

 

And what I would like to do next is 1. find the MAX value of the "Stat" field of the array, and 2. sort the array DESC by the "Stat" field...

 

Originally this was just a one-field array and I was able to accomplish both this way:

$max_stat	= max($stat_array);

arsort($stat_array);

 

But with adding the new field to the array, it doesn't seem like it works any longer...

 

Any help is greatly appreciated -- thanks!

[ignace]

if it's in the form $array[0]['Stat'];

 

function stat_get_max($stat_array) {
    $max = 0;
    if (!is_array($stat_array)) return $max;
    $sizeof = sizeof($stat_array);
    for ($i = 0; $i < $sizeof; ++$i) {
        $max = $stat_array[$i]['Stat'] > $max ? $stat_array[$i]['Stat'] : $max;
    }
    return $max;
}

$max_stat = stat_get_max($stat_array);

 

The sorting will not be possible. Are you retrieving this from a database? Then add this to your query:

 

ORDER BY Stat DESC

 

For the above you can add:

 

max(Stat) AS max_stat

 

to your query to get the max