Online PHP editor | refs for tQru6

<?php $array = [ ['id' => 7867867, 'animal' => 'Dog'], ['id' => 3452342, 'animal' => 'Lion'], ['id' => 1231233, 'animal' => 'Lion'], ['id' => 5867867, 'animal' => 'Dog'], ['id' => 1111111, 'animal' => 'Zeebra'], ['id' => 2222222, 'animal' => 'Cat'], ['id' => 3333333, 'animal' => 'Cat'], ['id' => 4444444, 'animal' => 'Zeebra'] ]; $priorities = array_flip(['Lion', 'Dog', 'Zeebra', 'Cat']); usort($array, fn($a, $b) => $priorities[$a['animal']] <=> $priorities[$b['animal']]); var_export($array);