How to sort an array of associative arrays by value of a given key in PHP?

Question

Given this array:

$inventory = array(

   array(\"type\"=>\"fruit\", \"price\"=>3.50),
   array(\"type\"=>\"milk\", \"price\"=>2.90),
   array(\"         


        

Answer 1

try this:

asort($array_to_sort, SORT_NUMERIC);

for reference see this: http://php.net/manual/en/function.asort.php

see various sort flags here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sort.php