Sorting multidimensional arrays on a named dimension??

[markus]

I usually store info in arrays using field names

$array[1]["country"]='Germany',
$array[1]["code"]="GE";

$array[2]["country"]='United Sates"
$array[2]["code"]="US";

$array[3]["country"]='France"
$array[3]["code"]='FR"

I want to get:
$array[1]["country"]='France"
$array[1]["code"]='FR"

$array[2]["country"]='Germany'
$array[2]["code"]="GE";

$array[3]["country"]='US"
$array[3]["code"]="US";

Is there a function to sort on a field (country in this case)

thanks

[Christopher Finke]

"markus" <m7***@hotpop.com> wrote in message
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I usually store info in arrays using field names

$array[1]["country"]='Germany',
$array[1]["code"]="GE";

Is there a function to sort on a field (country in this case)

Read the PHP.net page on the sort() function. There are several
multidimensional sort functions in the user-submitted comments at the
bottom:

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.sort.php

Chris Finke

[Zurab Davitiani]

markus wrote:

I usually store info in arrays using field names

$array[1]["country"]='Germany',
$array[1]["code"]="GE";

$array[2]["country"]='United Sates"
$array[2]["code"]="US";

$array[3]["country"]='France"
$array[3]["code"]='FR"

I want to get:
$array[1]["country"]='France"
$array[1]["code"]='FR"

$array[2]["country"]='Germany'
$array[2]["code"]="GE";

$array[3]["country"]='US"
$array[3]["code"]="US";

Is there a function to sort on a field (country in this case)

Yes (as in you can use user-defined function for sorting):

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

Example 2.