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<?php $array = [ ['columnName' => 3], ['columnName' => 4], ['columnName' => 1], ['columnName' => 3], ['columnName' => 2], ['columnName' => 5] ]; $direction = 'asc'; $factor = $direction === 'desc' ? -1 : 1; $c = 'columnName'; usort( $array, fn($a, $b) => $factor * ($a[$c] <=> $b[$c]) ); var_export($array);
Output for 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.1 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.12
array ( 0 => array ( 'columnName' => 1, ), 1 => array ( 'columnName' => 2, ), 2 => array ( 'columnName' => 3, ), 3 => array ( 'columnName' => 3, ), 4 => array ( 'columnName' => 4, ), 5 => array ( 'columnName' => 5, ), )

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