How to group subarrays by a column value?

Question

I have the following array

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [id] => 96
            [shipping_no] => 212755-1
            [part_no] =&         


        

Answer 1

function groupeByPHP($array,$indexUnique,$assoGroup,$keepInOne){
$retour = array();
$id = $array[0][$indexUnique];
foreach ($keepInOne as $keep){
    $retour[$id][$keep] = $array[0][$keep];
}
foreach ($assoGroup as $cle=>$arrayKey){
    $arrayGrouped = array();
        foreach ($array as $data){
            if($data[$indexUnique] != $id){
                $id = $data[$indexUnique];
                foreach ($keepInOne as $keep){
                    $retour[$id][$keep] = $data[$keep];
                }
            }
            foreach ($arrayKey as $val){
                $arrayGrouped[$val] = $data[$val];
            }
            $retour[$id][$cle][] = $arrayGrouped;
            $retour[$id][$cle] = array_unique($retour[$id][$cle],SORT_REGULAR);
        }
}
return  $retour;
}

Try this function

groupeByPHP($yourArray,'id',array('desc'=>array('part_no','packaging_type')),array('id','shipping_no'))