PHP Sort a multidimensional array by element containing date

Question

I have an array such as:

Array
(
[0] => Array
    (
        [id] => 2
        [type] => comment
        [text] => hey
        [datetime] => 20         


        

Answer 1

Sorting array of records/assoc_arrays by specified mysql datetime field and by order:

function build_sorter($key, $dir='ASC') {
    return function ($a, $b) use ($key, $dir) {
        $t1 = strtotime(is_array($a) ? $a[$key] : $a->$key);
        $t2 = strtotime(is_array($b) ? $b[$key] : $b->$key);
        if ($t1 == $t2) return 0;
        return (strtoupper($dir) == 'ASC' ? ($t1 < $t2) : ($t1 > $t2)) ? -1 : 1;
    };
}


// $sort - key or property name 
// $dir - ASC/DESC sort order or empty
usort($arr, build_sorter($sort, $dir));