How to sort an array of associative arrays by value of a given key in PHP?

Question

Given this array:

$inventory = array(

   array(\"type\"=>\"fruit\", \"price\"=>3.50),
   array(\"type\"=>\"milk\", \"price\"=>2.90),
   array(\"         


        

Answer 1

While others have correctly suggested the use of array_multisort(), for some reason no answer seems to acknowledge the existence of array_column(), which can greatly simplify the solution. So my suggestion would be:

array_multisort(array_column($inventory, 'price'), SORT_DESC, $inventory);