PHP: re order associative array

Question

In php, I would like to have the ability to re-order an associative array by moving elements to certain positions in the array. Not necessary a sort, just a re-ordering of

Answer 1

i made a function based on one answer here. it takes the array of assoc array to be sorted, plus array of keys in which it should be resorted

// $data = array of assoc array
// $newKeysOrder = array("c","a","b");
function resort_assoc_array_by_keys($data, $newKeysOrder) {
  foreach($data as $v) {
    $out = [];
    foreach($newKeysOrder as $k) {
      $out[$k] = $v[$k];
    }  
    $new[] = $out;
  }
  return $new;
}