Posted by Captain Paralytic on 01/31/07 09:53

On 31 Jan, 08:49, craig.keight...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jan 30, 12:31 pm, "strawberry" <zac.ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On 30 Jan, 10:56, Curtis <dyers...@verizon.net> wrote:
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> > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:07:48 -0800, Erwin Moller
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> > > <since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_m...@spamyourself.com> wrote:
> > > > craig.keight...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > > >> i have the following array:
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> > > >> Array
> > > >> (
> > > >> [0] => Array
> > > >> (
> > > >> [0] => Leamore Windows Ltd
> > > >> [1] => 553398833511417
> > > >> [2] => 20
> > > >> )
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> > > >> [1] => Array
> > > >> (
> > > >> [0] => HRPC
> > > >> [1] => 920589205210538
> > > >> [2] => 1
> > > >> )
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> > > >> [2] => Array
> > > >> (
> > > >> [0] => Leamore Windows Ltd
> > > >> [1] => 553398833511417
> > > >> [2] => 2
> > > >> )
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> > > >> )
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> > > >> is it possible to group the items in the array and order by name to
> > > >> output the following:
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> > > >> Array
> > > >> (
> > > >> [0] => Array
> > > >> (
> > > >> [0] => HRPC
> > > >> [1] => 920589205210538
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> > > >> [2] => 1
> > > >> )
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> > > >> [1] => Array
> > > >> (
> > > >> [0] => Leamore Windows Ltd
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> > > >> [1] => 553398833511417
> > > >> [2] => 22
> > > >> )
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> > > >> )
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> > > > Hi,
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> > > > Have a look at usort()
> > > >http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/function.usort.php
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> > > > With usort you can define your own sortingrules.
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> > > > Regards,
> > > > Erwin MollerThe OP may want array_unique. After which, they could sort.
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> > > @the OP: you'll probably have to write a recursive function using
> > > array_unique to handle multi-dimensional arrays.
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> > > --
> > > Curtis
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> > 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.- Hide quoted text -
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> the result is produced from 2 separate queries producing results from
> 2 separate tables. I appreciate that it would be easier to manipulate
> from the sql leayer but the tables contain individual data elements.- Hide quoted text -
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So do a UNION!

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