How to sort array in descending order based on a specific value [duplicate]

Answer 1

<?php


 $array = array( array('news_published'=>'1337192831','news_category'=>'5'),
            array('news_published'=>'1337192231','news_category'=>'5'),                
            array('news_published'=>'1337192921','news_category'=>'6'),

           );
  / orignal array
 print_r($array);

foreach ($array as $key => $row) {
$new_published[$key] = $row['news_published'];
 }
array_multisort($new_published, SORT_DESC,$array);

 // sorted array
print_r($array);

 ?>

Answer 2

Try this :

$arr  = your array;
$sort = array();
foreach($arr as $k=>$v) {
    $sort['news_published'][$k] = $v['news_published'];
}

array_multisort($sort['news_published'], SORT_DESC, $arr);

echo "<pre>";
print_r($arr);

Answer 3

Or this:

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

usort($array, 'sortForMe');

you can use function or static method from class - your choice :)