Sorting Multidimensional Array

[max1234]

Hi,

 

I need to sort a multidimensional array. I know this should be very simple but am having some difficulty wrapping my head around it.

 

I have an array of arrays containing order information. In each array there is a field for product name and I would like to sort the arrays by product name.

 

So for example:

 

$myarray[1,shoes]

$myarray[2,wellies]

$myarray[3,boots]

$myarray[4,wellies]

 

How do I sort $myarray so that it is ordered alphabetically?

 

 

$myarray[3,boots]

$myarray[1,shoes]

$myarray[2,wellies]

$myarray[4,wellies]

 

I have tried sort and multisort but how do choose which variable to sort by? I don't want to sort by the number, I want to sort by the product name.

 

Thanks for any help.

[drmovi]

your array look like following

key =>1

value=>shoes

so sort() can perform a value sorting

[max1234]

Hi drmovi,

 

that was quite a simplified array. Perhaps I should have been more detailed. There are possibly up to 10 values in each array.

 

How do I define which value is sorted?

[Iluvatar+]

http://www.firsttube.com/read/sorting-a-multi-dimensional-array-with-php/

[Iluvatar+]

You could use ksort() also.