Posted by strawberry on 01/30/07 12:31

On 30 Jan, 10:56, Curtis <dyers...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:07:48 -0800, Erwin Moller
>
>
>
> <since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_m...@spamyourself.com> wrote:
> > craig.keight...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >> i have the following array:
>
> >> Array
> >> (
> >> [0] => Array
> >> (
> >> [0] => Leamore Windows Ltd
> >> [1] => 553398833511417
> >> [2] => 20
> >> )
>
> >> [1] => Array
> >> (
> >> [0] => HRPC
> >> [1] => 920589205210538
> >> [2] => 1
> >> )
>
> >> [2] => Array
> >> (
> >> [0] => Leamore Windows Ltd
> >> [1] => 553398833511417
> >> [2] => 2
> >> )
>
> >> )
>
> >> is it possible to group the items in the array and order by name to
> >> output the following:
>
> >> Array
> >> (
> >> [0] => Array
> >> (
> >> [0] => HRPC
> >> [1] => 920589205210538
>
> >> [2] => 1
> >> )
>
> >> [1] => Array
> >> (
> >> [0] => Leamore Windows Ltd
>
> >> [1] => 553398833511417
> >> [2] => 22
> >> )
>
> >> )
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Have a look at usort()
> >http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/function.usort.php
>
> > With usort you can define your own sortingrules.
>
> > Regards,
> > Erwin MollerThe OP may want array_unique. After which, they could sort.
>
> @the OP: you'll probably have to write a recursive function using
> array_unique to handle multi-dimensional arrays.
>
> --
> Curtis

The tips provided look very useful - but i wonder where the data's
actually coming from? If it's from a sql database then it would far
simpler to do the manipulations there.

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