php sort array by keys code example

Example 1: php sort array by key

$weight = [
    'Pete' => 75, 
    'Benjamin' => 89,
    'Jonathan' => 101
  ];  	
  ksort($weight);

Example 2: php sort array by specific key

usort($array, function ($a, $b) {
  return ($a['specific_key'] < $b['specific_key']) ? -1 : 1;
});

Example 3: php sort array of array by key

$inventory = [
	['price' => 10.99, 'product' => 'foo 1'],
    ['price' => 5.99, 'product' => 'foo 2'],
  	['price' => 100, 'product' => 'foo 3'],
  
];

$price = array_column($inventory, 'price');

array_multisort($price, SORT_DESC, $inventory);

Example 4: sort array by key value in php

$inventory = array(

   array("type"=>"fruit", "price"=>3.50),
   array("type"=>"milk", "price"=>2.90),
   array("type"=>"pork", "price"=>5.43),

);
$price = array_column($inventory, 'price');
array_multisort($price, SORT_DESC, $inventory);

Example 5: php sort array remove keys

$arr = array(1, 2, 3);
unset($arr[0]);
$arr = array_values($arr);

print_r($arr);
//Array ( [0] => 2 [1] => 3 )