Sorting an array by its keys by another array

Question

I need to sort an array by its keys based on the order of the values in another array. Simple example:

$sort_array = array( 'key1', 'key2' );

$array_that_needs_sorting = array( 'key2' => 'value2', 'key1' => 'value1' );

After sorting, the array should be:

array( 'key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2' );

Matthew · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-22 20:24:37Z

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If you know the $sort_array keys are all present in the array that needs to be sorted, you can do this:

$sorted = array_merge(array_flip($keys), $unsorted);

where $keys is $sort_array and $unsorted is $array_that_needs_sorting.

answered Feb 22, 2011 at 20:24

Matthew

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:20:40Z

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You might take a look at Sort an Array by keys based on another Array?. It should give you an idea on how to accomplish that.

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answered Feb 22, 2011 at 19:33

Austin M

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Thanks, I've tried all functions in that topic before but it didn't work because my arrays weren't the same size

Explosion Pills · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-22 20:12:39Z

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array_merge(array_combine($sort_array, array_fill(0, count($sort_array), null))
   , $array_that_needs_sorting);

answered Feb 22, 2011 at 20:12

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