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<?php
$data = array(
"item1"=>"1",
"item2"=>"3",
"item3"=>"5",
"item4"=>"2",
"item5"=>"4"
);
$sortingArr = array("5","4","3","2","1");
uasort($data, function($a, $b) use ($sortingArr) {
return array_search($a, $sortingArr) <=> array_search($b, $sortingArr);
});
print_r($data);