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ifm1989

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I've been having trouble here. This is my array:

 

Array
(
    [group_1] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [id] => 1
                    [name] => test2
                    [group] => group_1
                    [unlock] => 5
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [id] => 2
                    [name] => test1
                    [group] => group_1
                    [unlock] => 4
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [id] => 3
                    [name] => test3
                    [group] => group_1
                    [unlock] => 2
                )

        )

)

 

I'm try to re-arrange this array it displays everything in order of `unlock`. Think of `unlock` as the points needed to unlock this array item, and I want to sort all items from least requirements to max requirements. This is my horrible attempt:

 

foreach($technologies as $cat => $array){
	$technologies[$cat] = sort($technologies[$cat]['unlock']);
}

 

Let me know if you need more help understanding, or if you have a solution.

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this assumes one or more groups in the array

 

<?php 
$technologies = Array
(
    'group_1' => Array
        (
            '0' => Array
                (
                    'id' => 1,
                    'name' => 'test2',
                    'group' => 'group_1',
                    'unlock' => 5
                ),

            '1' => Array
                (
                    'id' => 2,
                    'name' => 'test1',
                    'group' => 'group_1',
                    'unlock' => 4
                ),

            '2' => Array
                (
                    'id' => 3,
                    'name' => 'test3',
                    'group' => 'group_1',
                    'unlock' => 2
                )

        ),
        
    'group_2' => Array
        (
            '0' => Array
                (
                    'id' => 4,
                    'name' => 'test4',
                    'group' => 'group_2',
                    'unlock' => 4
                ),

            '1' => Array
                (
                    'id' => 5,
                    'name' => 'test5',
                    'group' => 'group_2',
                    'unlock' => 1
                ),

            '2' => Array
                (
                    'id' => 6,
                    'name' => 'test6',
                    'group' => 'group_2',
                    'unlock' => 2
                )

        )
    

);

function mysort ($a,$b)
{
    if ($a['unlock'] == $b['unlock'])  return 0;
    return  ($a['unlock'] < $b['unlock']) ? -1 : 1;
}

foreach ($technologies as $cat => $data)
{
    usort($data, 'mysort');
    $technologies[$cat] = $data;                     // replace with sorted array
}

echo '<pre>', print_r($technologies, true), '</pre>';
?>

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