Sort array of objects by object fields

Question

How can I sort this array of objects by one of its fields, like name or count ?

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Answer 1

A simple alternative that allows you to determine dynamically the field on which the sorting is based:

$order_by = 'name';
usort($your_data, function ($a, $b) use ($order_by)
{
    return strcmp($a->{$order_by}, $b->{$order_by});
});

This is based on the Closure class, which allows anonymous functions. It is available since PHP 5.3.