PHP: re order associative array

Question

In php, I would like to have the ability to re-order an associative array by moving elements to certain positions in the array. Not necessary a sort, just a re-ordering of

Answer 1

array_splice unfortunately doesn't work with associative arrays, so here's something a little messier:

$keys = array_keys($arr);
$values = array_values($arr);

$keyIndex = array_search($someKey, $keys);
array_splice($keys, $keyIndex, 1);
array_splice($values, $keyIndex, 1);

$insertIndex = 1;
array_splice($keys, $insertIndex, 0, array($someKey));
array_splice($values, $insertIndex, 0, array($arr[$someKey]));

$arr = array_combine($keys, $values);