problem in sorting 2-d array sort

Question

I m facing problem in sorting this 2-d array on the basis of key eg(33 in the sample code) so the output will look like 7,7,28,33,35,38.Here is the sample code.

thanks in advance

<?php
$arr=array ( 0 => array ( 33 => 'SY2', ), 1 => array ( 38 => 'PR25', ), 2 => array ( 7 => 'SK22', ), 3 => array ( 7 => 'BT1', ), 4 => array ( 28 => 'WN8', ), 5 => array ( 35 => 'ST21', ));
print_r($arr);
$arrnew=array();
$str=0;
for($j=0;$j<count($arr);$j++){
 foreach($arr[$j] as $key=>$val){
  if($str == 0)
   $str=$arrnew[$key];
  if($str < $arrnew[$key])

  //$arrnew[$key]=$val;
  //echo $key."<BR>";
 }
}

print_r($arrnew);

possible duplicate of [most effecient way to order an array by sub elements?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3691355/most-effecient-way-to-order-an-array-by-sub-elements) — Daniel Vandersluis, Sep 20 '10 at 14:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '10 at 14:49

If each subarray only has one key-value-pair, you can create a new array from it:

// copy data from $arr to $newArray:
$newArray = array();
foreach($arr as $v)
    $newArray[array_keys($v)[0]] = $v[0];

// sort newArray:
ksort($newArray)

// if you want to, you can copy it back:
$arr = array();
foreach($newArray as $k => $v)
    array_push($arr, array($k, $v));

that's it. Enjoy!

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '10 at 15:01

$arr=array ( 0 => array ( 33 => 'SY2', ), 1 => array ( 38 => 'PR25', ), 2 => array ( 7 => 'SK22', ), 3 => array ( 7 => 'BT1', ), 4 => array ( 28 => 'WN8', ), 5 => array ( 35 => 'ST21', ));
foreach($arr as $key => $val)
{
 foreach ($val as $key2 => $val2)
 {
  $sort[$key] = $key2;
 }
}
array_multisort($sort, SORT_ASC, $arr);
print_r($arr);

problem in sorting 2-d array sort

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