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<?php $people = array( array("name"=>"Bob","age"=>8,"colour"=>"red"), array("name"=>"Greg","age"=>12,"colour"=>"blue"), array("name"=>"Andy","age"=>5,"colour"=>"purple") ); $arrSortArray = array(); foreach($people as $person) { foreach($person as $key=>$value){ if(!isset($arrSortArray[$key])){ $arrSortArray[$key] = array(); } $arrSortArray[$key][] = $value; } } $orderby = "name"; //change this to whatever key you want from the array var_dump($arrSortArray[$orderby]); array_multisort($arrSortArray[$orderby],SORT_DESC,$people); var_dump($arrSortArray[$orderby]);
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.27, 8.2.0 - 8.2.17, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4
array(3) { [0]=> string(3) "Bob" [1]=> string(4) "Greg" [2]=> string(4) "Andy" } array(3) { [0]=> string(4) "Greg" [1]=> string(3) "Bob" [2]=> string(4) "Andy" }

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