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@ 2014-10-01T01:46:04Z

<?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][] = $person;
    }
}
 
$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, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.8 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 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 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6: array(3) { [0]=> array(3) { ["name"]=> string(3) "Bob" ["age"]=> int(8) ["colour"]=> string(3) "red" } [1]=> array(3) { ["name"]=> string(4) "Greg" ["age"]=> int(12) ["colour"]=> string(4) "blue" } [2]=> array(3) { ["name"]=> string(4) "Andy" ["age"]=> int(5) ["colour"]=> string(6) "purple" } } array(3) { [0]=> array(3) { ["name"]=> string(4) "Greg" ["age"]=> int(12) ["colour"]=> string(4) "blue" } [1]=> array(3) { ["name"]=> string(3) "Bob" ["age"]=> int(8) ["colour"]=> string(3) "red" } [2]=> array(3) { ["name"]=> string(4) "Andy" ["age"]=> int(5) ["colour"]=> string(6) "purple" } }

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