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I have the following array and I want to sort the array, by value.

(
    [bwin] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => bwin
                    [id_bookie] => 178537
                    [value] => 6.00
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 1
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => bwin
                    [id_bookie] => 178537
                    [value] => 1.45
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 2
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => bwin
                    [id_bookie] => 178537
                    [value] => 4.50
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => x
                )

        )

    [NordicBet] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => NordicBet
                    [id_bookie] => 201581
                    [value] => 5.75
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 1
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => NordicBet
                    [id_bookie] => 201581
                    [value] => 1.50
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 2
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => NordicBet
                    [id_bookie] => 201581
                    [value] => 4.30
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => x
                )

        )

    [Canbet] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Canbet
                    [id_bookie] => 176582
                    [value] => 5.60
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 1
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Canbet
                    [id_bookie] => 176582
                    [value] => 1.56
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 2
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Canbet
                    [id_bookie] => 176582
                    [value] => 3.80
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => x
                )

        )

    [Expekt] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Expekt
                    [id_bookie] => 235615
                    [value] => 5.60
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 1
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Expekt
                    [id_bookie] => 235615
                    [value] => 1.50
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 2
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Expekt
                    [id_bookie] => 235615
                    [value] => 4.25
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => x
                )

        )

    [StanJames] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => StanJames
                    [id_bookie] => 243649
                    [value] => 5.50
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 1
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => StanJames
                    [id_bookie] => 243649
                    [value] => 1.53
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 2
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => StanJames
                    [id_bookie] => 243649
                    [value] => 4.00
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => x
                )

        )

    [Gamebookers] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Gamebookers
                    [id_bookie] => 203620
                    [value] => 5.00
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 1
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Gamebookers
                    [id_bookie] => 203620
                    [value] => 1.50
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 2
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Gamebookers
                    [id_bookie] => 203620
                    [value] => 4.25
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => x
                )

        )

    [Tipp3] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Tipp3
                    [id_bookie] => 292604
                    [value] => 4.10
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 1
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Tipp3
                    [id_bookie] => 292604
                    [value] => 1.50
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => 2
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [bookie] => Tipp3
                    [id_bookie] => 292604
                    [value] => 3.40
                    [bettype] => 3way
                    [line] => 0.0
                    [bet] => x
                )

        )

)

This is the unsorted array output, but I want to sort the array where the line is 2, but the line will be changing, sometimes I have to sort where the line is x or 1.

Answer 1

You can use usort. Here's a small snippet. You can do pretty much want you want in this function.

function sorting_function($x, $y)
{
    if ($x['value'] == $y['value'])
        return 0;
    else if ($x['value'] < $y['value'])
        return -1;
    else
        return 1;
}

usort($table_array, 'sorting_function');