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<?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[$orderby], SORT_ASC,$people); var_dump($arrSortArray[$orderby]);

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