i need to sort an array in php based on value, array use some numbers for keys and values, for example like this:
$a = array(70 => 1 ,82 => 5 ,61 => 3 ,55 => 1 ,34 => 2 ,53 => 2 ,21 => 4 ,13 => 5);
i like to sort it like this:
Array
(
[82] => 5
[13] => 5
[21] => 4
[61] => 3
[34] => 2
[53] => 2
[70] => 1
[55] => 1
)
i used arsort
and it worked, but there is a problem because this function make change defult sorted keys and sort array to:
Array
(
[13] => 5
[82] => 5
[21] => 4
[61] => 3
[53] => 2
[34] => 2
[55] => 1
[70] => 1
)
Community note: since PHP 8.0 arrays already retain the original order for same values. Check this answer below for the details.
Construct a new array whose elements are the original array's keys, values, and also position:
$temp = array();
$i = 0;
foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
$temp[] = array($i, $key, $value);
$i++;
}
Then sort using a user-defined order that takes the original position into account:
uasort($temp, function($a, $b) {
return $a[2] == $b[2] ? ($a[0] - $b[0]) : ($a[2] < $b[2] ? 1 : -1);
});
Finally, convert it back to the original associative array:
$array = array();
foreach ($temp as $val) {
$array[$val[1]] = $val[2];
}