Sorting an object array

[yanisdon]

Hi there,

I've got an array of objects. The

print_r()

looks like this:

stdClass Object
(
    [type] => book
    [name] => Book page
    [module] => book
    [description] => A book is a collaborative writing effort: users can collaborate writing the pages of the book.
    [help] => 
    [has_title] => 1
    [title_label] => Title
    [has_body] => 1
    [body_label] => Body
    [min_word_count] => 0
    [custom] => 0
    [modified] => 1
    [locked] => 1
    [orig_type] => book
)
stdClass Object
(
    [type] => event
    [name] => Event
    [module] => basicevent
    [description] => An event is a planned event with a start and end date, and displays in the events calendar.
    [help] => 
    [has_title] => 1
    [title_label] => Title
    [has_body] => 1
    [body_label] => Body
    [min_word_count] => 0
    [custom] => 0
    [modified] => 1
    [locked] => 1
    [orig_type] => event
)
stdClass Object
(
    [type] => blog
    [name] => Blog entry
    [module] => blog
    [description] => A blog is a regularly updated journal or diary made up of individual posts.
    [help] => 
    [has_title] => 1
    [title_label] => Title
    [has_body] => 1
    [body_label] => Body
    [min_word_count] => 0
    [custom] => 0
    [modified] => 1
    [locked] => 1
    [orig_type] => blog
)

 

What I like to be doing here is basically to sort 'alphabetically' by [type]. I can't use

 sort()

since it expects an array.

Any ideas?

[trq]

Why are you using stdClass instead of an array?

[yanisdon]

Because I am using the stdClass later in the code as well and it's more flexible for me.

Of course I could convert the whole thing into an array, then sort the stuff etc., but using an object is just the best option for my code here..

[trq]

If it was your own user defined object (and your using php5) I would suggest you make it extend ArrayObject which is part of the standard php lib. But as its not, I can only suggest you use an array.

[yanisdon]

Thanks.