Is it possible to sort multidimensional array keys by searched terms? For example, i have something like this:
$list = array(
'search' => array(
'name' => 'Jon'),
'search else' => array(
'name' => 'Matt'),
'not this' => array(
'name' => 'Dan'),
'neither this' => array(
'name' => 'Oz'),
'always search me' => array(
'name' => 'Lukas')
);
function sort_by_search($x, $y) {
$term = $_GET['keyword'];
return $x[$term] == $y[$term];
}
uasort($list, 'sort_by_search');
print_r($list);
Now if i pass the keyword term 'search' in the url, how can i return the array so that all the keys that contain the word 'search' are rendered on top?
It needs to come back like:
Array
(
[search] => Array
(
[name] => Jon
)
[search else] => Array
(
[name] => Matt
)
[always search me] => Array
(
[name] => Lukas
)
[not this] => Array
(
[name] => Dan
)
[neither this] => Array
(
[name] => Oz
)
)
<?php
$list = array(
'search' => array(
'name' => 'Jon'),
'search else' => array(
'name' => 'Matt'),
'not this' => array(
'name' => 'Dan'),
'neither this' => array(
'name' => 'Oz'),
'always search me' => array(
'name' => 'Lukas')
);
function key_compare($a, $b)
{
$test_a = stripos($a, 'search');
$result_a = (false===$test_a)?1:0;
$test_b = stripos($b, 'search');
$result_b = (false===$test_b)?1:0;
return $result_a-$result_b;
}
uksort($list, 'key_compare');
echo '<pre>';
print_r($list);
Output:
Array
(
[search] => Array
(
[name] => Jon
)
[search else] => Array
(
[name] => Matt
)
[always search me] => Array
(
[name] => Lukas
)
[not this] => Array
(
[name] => Dan
)
[neither this] => Array
(
[name] => Oz
)
)