Sorting a 3 dimensional array

Question

I've got an array like this

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [szam] => 8
                    [index] => 0
                )

        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [szam] => 1
                    [index] => 0
                )

            [1] => Array
                (
                    [szam] => 7
                    [index] => 1
                )

        )

I thought that my last cmp will work fine

function maxSzerintCsokkeno($item1,$item2)
{
    if ($item1['szam'] == $item2['szam']) return 0;
    return ($item1['szam'] < $item2['szam']) ? 1 : -1;
}

with foreach

foreach ($tomb as $kulcs => $adat)  usort($adat,"maxSzerintCsokkeno");

but it dosen't do anything, advise?

mario · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-11 18:22:19Z

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foreach ($tomb as $kulcs => $adat)  usort($adat,"maxSzerintCsokkeno");

This only sorts the subarray array $adat. And this only exists temporarily until foreach loops over the next one. The lazy option here would be to use a reference:

foreach ($tomb as & $adat)  usort($adat,"maxSzerintCsokkeno");

Notice the &. This way the modification on $adat will be applied directly in the parent array.

answered Apr 11, 2011 at 18:22

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user142162 · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-11 18:17:57Z

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You're sorting a temporary variable, meaning the changes are not applied. The following should work for you:

for($i = 0, $length = count($tomb); $i < $length; $i++)
{
    usort($tomb[$i], "maxSzerintCsokkeno");
}

answered Apr 11, 2011 at 18:17

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Michael · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-11 18:31:02Z

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When iterating through the foreach loop, the key and value variables ($kulcs and $adat in your code) are copies of the actual values in the array. Like Tim Cooper said, you are actually sorting a copy of the original value.

You can also pass the value by reference in your foreach loop. This means that you will be modifying the original value:

foreach ($tomb as $kulcs => &$adat)  usort($adat,"maxSzerintCsokkeno");

answered Apr 11, 2011 at 18:31

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