Answers for "php sort array maintain keys"

sort array by key value in php

$inventory = array(

   array("type"=>"fruit", "price"=>3.50),
   array("type"=>"milk", "price"=>2.90),
   array("type"=>"pork", "price"=>5.43),

);
$price = array_column($inventory, 'price');
array_multisort($price, SORT_DESC, $inventory);

php sort array by key

$weight = [
    'Pete' => 75, 
    'Benjamin' => 89,
    'Jonathan' => 101
  ];  	
  ksort($weight);

php sort array by specific key

usort($array, function ($a, $b) {
  return ($a['specific_key'] < $b['specific_key']) ? -1 : 1;
});

php sort array by value and keep key

$weight = [
    'Pete' => 75,
    'Benjamin' => 309,
    'Jonathan' => 101
];
asort($weight);
/*
weight is now:
Array
(
    [Pete] => 75
    [Jonathan] => 101
    [Benjamin] => 309
)
To sort descending instead use: arsort
*/

php sort array of array by key

$inventory = [
	['price' => 10.99, 'product' => 'foo 1'],
    ['price' => 5.99, 'product' => 'foo 2'],
  	['price' => 100, 'product' => 'foo 3'],
  
];

$price = array_column($inventory, 'price');

array_multisort($price, SORT_DESC, $inventory);

php rsort retain keys

//Sort an array in reverse order and maintain index association
arsort($myArray)