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<?php $data = [ ["name" => "Mr San", "department" => "five"], ["name" => "Mr VSan", "department" => "six"], ["name" => "Mr QSan", "department" => "four"], ["name" => "Sr ASan", "department" => "two"], ["name" => "Dr ASan", "department" => "one"], ["name" => "Dr FSan", "department" => "three"] ]; array_multisort(preg_replace('/^[^ ]+ /', '', array_column($data, 'name')), $data); var_export($data);