How do I sort a multi-dimensional array by value?

Question

I have an array as following and I want to order that array by the value of the key \"attack\". First keys of the arrays (15, 13, 18) are ID of some certain ite

Answer 1

Use uasort():

This function sorts an array such that array indices maintain their correlation with the array elements they are associated with, using a user-defined comparison function.

This is used mainly when sorting associative arrays where the actual element order is significant.

Example:

function cmp($a, $b) {
    if ($a['attack'] == $b['attack']) {
        return 0;
    }
    return ($a['attack'] < $b['attack']) ? -1 : 1;
} 

uasort($data, 'cmp');

If the values are always strings, you can also use strcmp() in the cmp() function:

function cmp($a, $b) {
    return strcmp($a['attack'], $b['attack']);
} 

Update:

To sort in descending order you just have to change the return values:

return ($a['attack'] < $b['attack']) ? 1 : -1;
//                                     ^----^

or to pick up @salathe's proposal:

return $b['attack'] - $a['attack'];