[v1brazy]

Hya All,


I have an array like this:

Code:

$dan[] = array("date" => "12/01/2005","time" => "13:20");
$dan[] = array("date" => "11/01/2005","time"=> "14:20");
$dan[] = array("date" => "14/01/2005","time"=> "11:20");
asort($dan);

The outcome is:

Code:

Array ( [1] => Array ( [date] => 11/01/2005 [time] => 14:20 ) 
[0] => Array ( [date] => 12/01/2005 [time] => 13:20 ) 
[2] => Array ( [date] => 14/01/2005 [time] => 14:20 ) )

I would like to sort the array by "time":

I have tried asort($dan), but it sortes the array by date instead of time

Is there anyone that could help me?

Thanks everyone

[UnrealEd]

this a rather difficult function i think:
first - you'll have to make a loop to listen $dan
second - you'll have to store the values in 2 different arrays:
array1: the time as key and the $dan[key] as value
array2: the time as value
third - order array2
fourth - use array1 to reassign the ordered array2 to the $dan array

and after that you have sorted the $dan array

Good Luck i'ld say

OR you could switch "time" with "date" that way it'll sort the array by time instead of date, as it did earleir

Greetz,
UnrealEd

[v1brazy]

Hya UnrealEd,

Thanks for the reply,

I have found a function in www.php.net and I have adapated it

Code:

//function to sort array by specified key
//This function was taken from http://uk.php.net/asort
//Customized and Commented by Daniel Hollis to suit my needs
function sort_outbound($array_tosort, $key_tosort) { 
   //loop thru array
   for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($array_tosort); $i++) { 
       //add values of the array where $key_tosort is specified
	  $sort_values_array[$i] = $array_tosort[$i][$key_tosort]; 
   } 
   //sort array in ascending order
   asort ($sort_values_array); 
   
   //set pointer in the array to its first element
   reset ($sort_values_array); 
   
   //add to values to a sorted array  where the key is equal to the one specified
   while (list ($array_key, $array_value) = each ($sort_values_array)) { 
         $finalArray[] = $array_tosort[$array_key]; 
   } 
   return $finalArray; 
}

That did the trick, similar to what you have said,

Thanks again

Dan