Sort multi-dimensional array by specific key

I have an array:

Array (
    [0] => stdClass Object (
        [user_id] => 1
        [ID] => 1
        [user_login] => admin
        [display_name] => admin
        [user_email] => [email protected]
        [meta_value] => a:1:{s:13:\"administrator\";s:1:\"1\";}
    )
    [1] => stdClass Object (
        [user_id] => 4
        [ID] => 4
        [user_login] => ungtinflytande
        [display_name] => ungtinflytande
        [user_email] => [email protected]
        [meta_value] => a:1:{s:13:\"administrator\";s:1:\"1\";}
    )
    [2] => stdClass Object (
        [user_id] => 5
        [ID] => 5
        [user_login] => inflytandepilot
        [display_name] => inflytandepilot
        [user_email] => [email protected]
        [meta_value] => a:1:{s:6:\"author\";s:1:\"1\";}
    )
    [3] => stdClass Object (
        [user_id] => 11
        [ID] => 11
        [user_login] => matsbohman
        [display_name] => matsbohman
        [user_email] => [email protected]
        [meta_value] => a:1:{s:6:\"editor\";s:1:\"1\";}
    )
    [4] => stdClass Object (
        [user_id] => 12
        [ID] => 12
        [user_login] => klarakviberg
        [display_name] => klarakviberg
        [user_email] => [email protected]
        [meta_value] => a:1:{s:13:\"administrator\";s:1:\"1\";}
    )
)

...that I wanna sort by the display_name key. I currently print it like this:

foreach ($blogusers as $bloguser) {
    ...
}

How do I do this?

Solution 1:

You would use usort() - http://php.net/usort

My suggestion would be:

    function cmp($a, $b)
    {
        return strcmp($a->display_name, $b->display_name);
    }

    usort($blogusers, "cmp");

    foreach ($blogusers as $bloguser)
    {
        ...

Solution 2:

See usort: http://php.net/manual/en/function.usort.php

usort($array, "my_cmp");

function my_cmp($a, $b) {
  if ($a->display_name == $b->display_name) {
    return 0;
  }
  return ($a->display_name < $b->display_name) ? -1 : 1;
}

Solution 3:

I have find answer at https://joshtronic.com/2013/09/23/sorting-associative-array-specific-key/

function sortBy($field, &$array, $direction = 'asc')
{
    usort($array, create_function('$a, $b', '
        $a = $a["' . $field . '"];
        $b = $b["' . $field . '"];

        if ($a == $b)
        {
            return 0;
        }

        return ($a ' . ($direction == 'desc' ? '>' : '<') .' $b) ? -1 : 1;
    '));

    return true;
}

And now call this function by specific array key.

$newArray = sortBy('display_name',   $blogusers);

And if sort in asc/desc just add one argument,

sortBy('display_name',   $blogusers, 'desc');