Array sort by column

readme.md

Example

$users = array(
  array(
    'ID' => 1,
    'name' => 'Lenivene Bezerra'
  ),
  array(
    'ID' => 2,
    'name' => 'Michael S. Carnahan'
  ),
  array(
    'ID' => 3,
    'name' => 'Billy T. Nealon'
  )
);

echo "<pre>";
var_dump( $users );
echo "</pre>";

array_sort_by_column( $users, 'name', SORT_DESC );

echo "<pre>";
var_dump( $users );
echo "</pre>";

array_sort_by_column.php

<?php
/**
 * Array sort by column
 *
 * @author Lenivene
 * @param array          List
 * @param string|array   Columns name or single column
 * @param int            Order BY ASC|DESC.
 *             I recommend you use constant, Ex: SORT_ASC = 4 ( int ) | SORT_DESC = 3 ( int )
 */
function array_sort_by_column( &$array, $columns, $dir = SORT_ASC ){
  $sort_col = array();
  foreach( $array as $key => $row ){
    if( is_array( $columns ) ){
      foreach( $columns as $col ){
        $sort_col[ $key ] = ( is_object( $row ) ) ? $row->$col : $row[ $col ];
      }
    }
    else{
      $col = $columns;
      $sort_col[ $key ] = ( is_object( $row ) ) ? $row->$col : $row[ $col ];
    }
  }

  array_multisort( $sort_col, $dir, $array );
}