arbitrary uksort()

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function custom_sort($a, $b) {
    if ($a == $b) { return 0; }

    $order = array("things", "i", "want", "in", "order");

    $position = array_search($a, $order);
    $position2 = array_search($b, $order);

    if ($position !== false && $position2 !== false) return ($position < $position2) ? -1 : 1;
    if ($position !== false) { return -1; }
    if ($position2 !== false) { return 1; }

    return ($a < $b) ? -1 : 1;
}

//use
uksort($array_to_sort, "custom_sort");