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<?php $array = array( array('value' => 1), array('value' => 2), array('value' => 2), //Move this array('value' => 2), //Move the also second duplicate array('value' => 'A'), array('value' => 'B'), array('value' => 'C'), array('value' => 6), array('value' => 7), array('value' => 7), //Move this array('value' => 8), array('value' => 9), array('value' => 10), array('value' => 11) ); usort($array, function($a, $b){ return strcmp($a['value'], $b['value']);}); $chunks = array_chunk($array, ceil(count($array)/5)); $array = array(); for($x = 0, $numX = count($chunks[0]); $x < $numX; $x++){ for($y = 0, $numY = count($chunks); $y < $numY; $y++){ $array[] = $chunks[$y][$x]; } } print_r($array);

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