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Helper function for sorting objects by props
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<?php | |
class HelperLibrary | |
{ | |
/** | |
* Sort an associative array of objects by any number of properties in any order, maintaining key association. | |
* | |
* Example usage, for an array of users: | |
* | |
* $users = array(); | |
* | |
* $user = new stdClass; | |
* $user->name = 'John'; | |
* $user->age = 45 | |
* $users['a'] = $user; | |
* | |
* $user = new stdClass; | |
* $user->name = 'Alex'; | |
* $user->age = 20 | |
* $users['b'] = $user; | |
* | |
* $user = new stdClass; | |
* $user->name = 'Alex'; | |
* $user->age = 39 | |
* $users['c'] = $user; | |
* | |
* $user = new stdClass; | |
* $user->name = 'Sarah'; | |
* $user->age = 19 | |
* $users['d'] = $user; | |
* | |
* //Sort users by name ASC, age DESC | |
* HelperLibrary::osort($users, array('name'=>true, 'age'=>false)); | |
* Alex 39 | |
* Alex 20 | |
* John 45 | |
* Sarah 19 | |
* | |
* //Sort users by name DESC, age ASC | |
* HelperLibrary::osort($users, array('name'=>false, 'age'=>true)); | |
* John 45 | |
* Sarah 19 | |
* Alex 20 | |
* Alex 39 | |
* | |
* @author James Tarleton | |
* @param array $array | |
* @param array $props : boolean values for each sort direction, keyed by property name | |
* @return void | |
*/ | |
public static function osort(&$array, array $props) | |
{ | |
$closure = function($a, $b) use ($props) { | |
foreach($props as $prop => $ascending){ | |
if($a->$prop != $b->$prop){ | |
if($ascending){ | |
return strtolower($a->$prop) > strtolower($b->$prop) ? 1 : -1; | |
} else { | |
return strtolower($a->$prop) < strtolower($b->$prop) ? 1 : -1; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return -1; //if all props equal | |
}; | |
uasort($array, $closure); | |
} | |
} | |
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