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PHP

Jan Roels
Jan Roels
2,308 Points

Sort array float values

Hi,

I get the following output from my array:

array (size=381)
  0 => 
    array (size=2)
      'Name' => string 'apple' (length=6)
      'Number' => float 0.368844763
  1 => 
    array (size=2)
      'Name' => string 'Blueberry' (length=8)
      'Number' => float 5.59E-6
  2 => 
    array (size=2)
      'Name' => string 'Cinnamon' (length=5)
      'Number' => float -0.0006947
  3 => 
    array (size=2)
      'Name' => string 'Date' (length=10)
      'Number' => float 0.001584453
...
...
...

I want the array to be sorted with the highest 'Number' value first. What's the best way to do this?

2 Answers

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

Taken from php.net

function sksort(&$array, $subkey="Number", $sort_ascending=false) {

    if (count($array))
        $temp_array[key($array)] = array_shift($array);

    foreach($array as $key => $val){
        $offset = 0;
        $found = false;
        foreach($temp_array as $tmp_key => $tmp_val)
        {
            if(!$found and strtolower($val[$subkey]) > strtolower($tmp_val[$subkey]))
            {
                $temp_array = array_merge(    (array)array_slice($temp_array,0,$offset),
                                            array($key => $val),
                                            array_slice($temp_array,$offset)
                                          );
                $found = true;
            }
            $offset++;
        }
        if(!$found) $temp_array = array_merge($temp_array, array($key => $val));
    }

    if ($sort_ascending) $array = array_reverse($temp_array);

    else $array = $temp_array;
}
Jan Roels
Jan Roels
2,308 Points

Awesome, works like a charm!