Online PHP editor | refs for C36Ur

<?php $array = array( array('name' => 'Apple', 'json' => '{"type":"Fruit","sortOrder":2}'), array('name' => 'Potato', 'json' => '{"type":"Fruit","sortOrder":1}') ); $array = array_map(function (array $values) { $json = json_decode($values['json'], true); return $values + array('sortOrder' => $json['sortOrder']); }, $array); usort($array, function (array $a, array $b) { return $a['sortOrder'] - $b['sortOrder']; }); $array = array_map(function (array $values) { unset($values['sortOrder']); return $values; }, $array); var_dump($array);