sort by key php 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: array sort php

<?php

$fruits = array("lemon", "orange", "banana", "apple");
sort($fruits);
foreach ($fruits as $key => $val) {
    echo $val;
}
/*
OUTPUT:
apple
banana
lemon
orange
*/
?>

Example 5: php array sort by key value

To PHP sort array by key, you should use: 
	ksort() (for ascending order) or krsort() (for descending order). 
      
To PHP sort array by value, you will need functions:
	asort() and arsort() (for ascending and descending orders).