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<?php $students= array( array("name"=>"...", "gender"=>"male"), array("name"=>"...", "gender"=>"female"), array("name"=>"...", "gender"=>"female"), array("name"=>"...", "gender"=>"female"), array("name"=>"...", "gender"=>"male"), array("name"=>"...", "gender"=>"male"), array("name"=>"...", "gender"=>"male"), ); $males = array_values(array_filter($students, function($s) { return $s['gender'] === "male"; })); $females = array_values(array_filter($students, function($s) { return $s['gender'] === "female"; })); $final = array(); $max = max(count($females), count($males)); for ($i=0; $i<$max; $i++) { if (isset($males[$i])) { $final[] = $males[$i]; } if (isset($females[$i])) { $final[] = $females[$i]; } } print_r($final);

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