PHP – multi-sort of associative array in PHP
This is a complete multi-sort example of associative array in PHP. We have first sorted an associative array by values in descending order then sorted an associative array by keys in ascending order.
- <?php
- $asso_arr = Array
- (
- ‘banana’ => 2,
- ‘cherry’ => 1,
- ‘orange’ => 3,
- ‘grapefruit’ => 1,
- ‘apple’ => 1
- );
- $values = array_values($asso_arr);
- $keys = array_keys($asso_arr);
- //first sort by values desc, then sort by keys asc
- array_multisort($values, SORT_DESC, $keys, SORT_ASC, $asso_arr);
- print_r($asso_arr);
- ?>
Output:
Array
(
[orange] => 3
[banana] => 2
[apple] => 1
[cherry] => 1
[grapefruit] => 1
)
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