Sorting a multi-dimensional array

[Anon]

Hi,

Looking for a bit of help:

I have a two-dimensional array of names and totals.

I use the first ten rows and then want to use the last ten, but in descending order.

Can't seem to the array sorted keeping the totals and names linked up.

Fraser

[nashirak]

I am not sure what exactly you want... but mabye you are going to do something like this

for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
for($j = 10; $j > 0; $j--) {

// add something to the array
$array[$i][$j] = "blah";

}// end for $j
}// end for $i

Is that what you wanted or where talking about???

[Anon]

Hmm, not really,

The array is already filled in ascending order - I'd like to sort it so I can use a function I've already got which iterates through the data in ascending order for the first ten records with the highest totals, starting with the highest total, finishing with the tenth highest - I think the easiest way to look at the last ten records is to sort the array in descending order so I can process the ten lowest totals, starting with the lowest total. I can't seem to get the data sorted whilst keeping the arrays paired up with their names:

$record = array ($recordTotal, $recordName);

where total and names are arrays holding totals and names sorted by total

Fraser

[docdunning]

Try array_multisort ... see the manual for syntax ... which does what you're after, I think.