Answers for "sort associative array php"

php sort by associative array value

//php 7+
usort($inventory, function ($item1, $item2) {
    return $item1['price'] <=> $item2['price'];
});

sort array php

<?php
$fruits = array("d" => "lemon", "a" => "orange", "b" => "banana", "c" => "apple");
asort($fruits);
foreach ($fruits as $key => $val) {
    echo "$key = $val\n";
}
?>
//Would output:
c = apple
b = banana
d = lemon
a = orange

php array sort by key value

To PHP sort array by key, you should use: 
	ksort() (for ascending order) or krsort() (for descending order). 
      
To PHP sort array by value, you will need functions:
	asort() and arsort() (for ascending and descending orders).

sort an array in php manually

// take an array with some elements
$array = array('a','z','c','b');
// get the size of array
$count = count($array);
echo "<pre>";
// Print array elements before sorting
print_r($array);
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
    for ($j = $i + 1; $j < $count; $j++) {
        if ($array[$i] > $array[$j]) {
            $temp = $array[$i];
            $array[$i] = $array[$j];
            $array[$j] = $temp;
        }
    }
}
echo "Sorted Array:" . "<br/>";
print_r($array);

array sort php

// array sort php
$room_details = array(
      "2020-09-27": [
                {
                    "content": "how are you",
                    "detail_id": "1",
                    "time": "17:57:28",
                    "chat_time": "2020-09-24 17:57:28",
                    "width": "0",
                    "height": "0",
                    "type": "1",
                    "distance_time": "26 days ago",
                    "avatar": "uploads/MemberImage/20200922-1436-image-5f699b536f438-0.png",
                    "position": 2
                },
                {
                    "content": "I am fine, thanks",
                    "detail_id": "2",
                    "time": "17:57:45",
                    "chat_time": "2020-09-24 17:57:45",
                    "width": "0",
                    "height": "0",
                    "type": "1",
                    "distance_time": "26 days ago",
                    "avatar": "uploads/MemberImage/20200922-1436-image-5f699b536f438-0.png",
                    "position": 2
                },
      ],
	 "2020-09-24": [
                {
                    "content": "how are you",
                    "detail_id": "1",
                    "time": "17:57:28",
                    "chat_time": "2020-09-24 17:57:28",
                    "width": "0",
                    "height": "0",
                    "type": "1",
                    "distance_time": "26 days ago",
                    "avatar": "uploads/MemberImage/20200922-1436-image-5f699b536f438-0.png",
                    "position": 2
                },
                {
                    "content": "I am fine, thanks",
                    "detail_id": "2",
                    "time": "17:57:45",
                    "chat_time": "2020-09-24 17:57:45",
                    "width": "0",
                    "height": "0",
                    "type": "1",
                    "distance_time": "26 days ago",
                    "avatar": "uploads/MemberImage/20200922-1436-image-5f699b536f438-0.png",
                    "position": 2
                },
      ],
);

sort($room_details);

// result
// array sort php
$room_details = array(
      "2020-09-24": [
                ...
      ],
	 "2020-09-27": [
               ...
      ],
);