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I've got the following structue of array:

Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [configuration_id] => 10
                    [id] => 1
                    [optionNumber] => 3
                    [optionActive] => 1
                    [lastUpdated] => 2010-03-17 15:44:12
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [configuration_id] => 9
                    [id] => 1
                    [optionNumber] => 2
                    [optionActive] => 1
                    [lastUpdated] => 2010-03-17 15:44:12
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [configuration_id] => 8
                    [id] => 1
                    [optionNumber] => 1
                    [optionActive] => 1
                    [lastUpdated] => 2010-03-17 15:44:12
                )
    )

What's the best way for order the array, in an incremental way based on the optionNumber?

So the results look like:

Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [configuration_id] => 8
                    [id] => 1
                    [optionNumber] => 1
                    [optionActive] => 1
                    [lastUpdated] => 2010-03-17 15:44:12
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [configuration_id] => 9
                    [id] => 1
                    [optionNumber] => 2
                    [optionActive] => 1
                    [lastUpdated] => 2010-03-17 15:44:12
                )

            [2] => Array
                (
                    [configuration_id] => 10
                    [id] => 1
                    [optionNumber] => 3
                    [optionActive] => 1
                    [lastUpdated] => 2010-03-17 15:44:12
                )
    )
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Use usort.

function cmp_by_optionNumber($a, $b) {
  return $a["optionNumber"] - $b["optionNumber"];
}

...

usort($array, "cmp_by_optionNumber");
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That doesn't really helpe me as usort requires I provide it a function to use - which is the difficult bit I can't get my head round – Sjwdavies Mar 19 '10 at 13:15
Well he just gave you the function to use. And you're going to have to accept that there's not always a built-in function to do what you want, you have to write it yourself. Comparison functions just require a return of 1, 0, or -1 indicating the sort order for two elements. – Tesserex Mar 19 '10 at 13:19
I looked further into usort and it is actually quite cool. I wrote a simple comparison function to the one above, however missed out the '=='. Thanks for the help guys – Sjwdavies Mar 19 '10 at 13:38
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up vote 6 down vote

Use usort

 usort($array, 'sortByOption');
 function sortByOption($a, $b) {
   return strcmp($a['optionNumber'], $b['optionNumber']);
 }
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