how to sort an entity's arrayCollection in symfony2

Question

I have an entity \"container\" with this property

/**
 * @ORM\\OneToMany(targetEntity=\"BizTV\\ContentManagementBundle\\Entity\\Content\", mappedBy=\"container\"         


        

Answer 1

You can also sort ArrayCollection by Criteria property orderBy like so:

getCollection();

            // convert normal array to array collection object
            if(\is_array(collection)) {
                $collection = new ArrayCollection(collection);
            }

            // order collection items by position property
            $orderBy = (Criteria::create())->orderBy([
                'position' => Criteria::ASC,
            ]);

            // return sorter SomeCollectionItem array
            return $collection->matching($orderBy)->toArray();
        }
    }
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