php: Sort a multidimensional array by value

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say you want to sort the following array by the value of mainType.

array $aData

$aData = array(
    0 => array(
        'name' => 'abc',
        'size' => 7000,
        'type' => 'image/png',
        'mainType' => 'image',
    ),
    1 => array(
        'name' => 'document',
        'size' => 25000,
        'type' => 'application/pdf',
        'mainType' => 'application',
    )
);

sort method
using php's usort command here will do the job.

// Sort array by values of mainType
usort($aData, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['mainType'] <=> $b['mainType'];
});

Result
The array is ascending sorted by the values of mainType.

var_dump($aData);

array(2) {
    [0]=> array(4) {
        ["name"]=>
        string(8) "document"
        ["size"]=>
        int(25000)
        ["type"]=>
        string(15) "application/pdf"
        ["mainType"]=>
        string(11) "application"
    }
    [1]=> array(4) {
        ["name"]=>
        string(3) "abc"
        ["size"]=>
        int(7000)
        ["type"]=>
        string(9) "image/png"
        ["mainType"]=>
        string(5) "image"
    }
}