Sort array with a user-defined function and maintain key association with ArrayObject::uasort in PHP

Description

The following code shows how to sort array with a user-defined function and maintain key association with ArrayObject::uasort.

Example


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<?php
// Comparison function
function cmp($a, $b) {
    if ($a == $b) {
        return 0;
    }
    return ($a < $b) ? -1 : 1;
}

// Array to be sorted
$array = array('a' => 4, 'b' => 8, 'c' => -1, 'd' => -9, 'e' => 2, 'f' => 5, 'g' => 3, 'h' => -4);
$arrayObject = new ArrayObject($array);
print_r($arrayObject);

// Sort and print the resulting array
$arrayObject->uasort('cmp');
print_r($arrayObject);
?>

The code above generates the following result.





















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