PHP: Sort array alphabetically using a string/value in subarray

If we have an array and inside each value of this array we have another array with age and name for example, and we want to sort the first array by the name of each value in the child arrays we do is using usort  and strcmp functions from php.

Here is an example:

<?php
$a = Array(
    1 => Array(
         'name' => 'Peter',
         'age' => 17
    ),
    0 => Array(
         'name' => 'Nina',
         'age' => 21
    ),
    2 => Array(
         'name' => 'Bill',
         'age' => 15
    ),
);
function compareByName($a, $b) {
  return strcmp($a["name"], $b["name"]);
}
usort($a, 'compareByName');
/* The next line is used for debugging, comment or delete it after testing */
print_r($a);

This will output:

    Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => Bill
            [age] => 15
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => Nina
            [age] => 21
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [name] => Peter
            [age] => 17
        )

)

Janeth Kent

Licenciada en Bellas Artes y programadora por pasión. Cuando tengo un rato retoco fotos, edito vídeos y diseño cosas. El resto del tiempo escribo en MA-NO WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT.