sorting multi-dimensional array

Dingo25

I have an array of arrays similar to this:
manInfo => [0] => manID = 1, manName = "Add",
manInfo => [1] => manID = 2, manName = "Zxx",
manInfo => [2] => manID = 3, manName = "Aaa",
manInfo => [3] => manID = 4, manName = "Eee"

I'm looking for a function to sort the array by the manName, so that the array would be:
manInfo => [0] => manID = 3, manName = "Aaa",
manInfo => [1] => manID = 1, manName = "Add",
manInfo => [2] => manID = 4, manName = "Eee",
manInfo => [3] => manID = 2, manName = "Zxx"

Can someone help me out with this?

bernouli

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.asort.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.rsort.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.arsort.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ksort.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.natsort.php
etc...

Dingo25

I've already read through them, but none of them seem to work on my array.

What it probably should have looked like is this:
$manInfo = array (0 => array ($manID = 1, $manName = "Add"),
1 => array ($manID = 1, $manName = "Zxx"),
2 => array ($manID = 1, $manName = "Aaa"),
3 => array ($manID = 1, $manName = "Eee"));

So sorting on $manInfo doesn't do anything. Would it be a better idea to take all the $manName variables and put them in another array and sort them that way? Or do I need to write my own sorting algorithm?

the_Igel

most powerful are usort() and likes: you can define your own sorting algorythm.