How can I sort an associative array by a weight AND type?
Input
array(
'a' => array( 'type' => 't1', 'weight' => 1, 'text' => 'text1' ),
'b' => array( 'type' => 't1', 'weight' => 3, 'text' => 'text2' ),
'c' => array( 'type' => 't2', 'weight' => 5, 'text' => 'text3' ),
'd' => array( 'type' => 't1', 'weight' => 2, 'text' => 'text4' ),
'e' => array( 'type' => 't2', 'weight' => 4, 'text' => 'text5' ),
'f' => array( 'type' => 't2', 'weight' => 4, 'text' => 'text6' )
);
Desired Output
array(
'a' => array( 'type' => 't1', 'weight' => 1, 'text' => 'text1' ),
'd' => array( 'type' => 't1', 'weight' => 2, 'text' => 'text4' ),
'b' => array( 'type' => 't1', 'weight' => 3, 'text' => 'text2' ),
'e' => array( 'type' => 't2', 'weight' => 1, 'text' => 'text5' ),
'f' => array( 'type' => 't2', 'weight' => 1, 'text' => 'text6' ),
'c' => array( 'type' => 't2', 'weight' => 5, 'text' => 'text3' )
);
Type "t2" must appear at end of array, all other types at start.
Weight must be sorted after type.
I am using uasort
with a custom compare function, but am struggling. Here is what I have, but it doesn't work:
function my_comparer($a, $b) {
return ( $a['type'] !== 't2' && $b['type'] === 't2' )
? -1
: $a['weight'] - $b['weight'];
}
Your function doesn't take account of ($a['type']=='t2')
function my_comparer($a, $b) {
if ( ($a['type']==='t2') && ($b['type']!=='t2')) return -1;
if ( ($b['type']==='t2') && ($a['type']!=='t2')) return 1;
return ($a['weight'] - $b['weight']);
}