Sort an Array by keys based on another Array?

Question

Is it possible in PHP to do something like this? How would you go about writing a function? Here is an example. The order is the most important thing.

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Answer 1

Another way for PHP >= 5.3.0:

$customer['address'] = '123 fake st';
$customer['name'] = 'Tim';
$customer['dob'] = '12/08/1986';
$customer['dontSortMe'] = 'this value doesnt need to be sorted';

$customerSorted = array_replace(array_flip(array('name', 'dob', 'address')), $customer);

Result:

Array (
  [name] => Tim
  [dob] => 12/08/1986
  [address] => 123 fake st
  [dontSortMe] => this value doesnt need to be sorted
)

Works fine with string and numeric keys.