Amr Ragaey
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I've read what I've found on Stackoverflow and am still unclear on this.I have an array of SimpleXML objects something like this:\[code\]array(2) { [0]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#2 (2) { ["name"]=> string(15) "Andrew" ["age"]=> string(2) "21" } [1]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#3 (2) { ["name"]=> string(12) "Beth" ["age"]=> string(2) "56" }}\[/code\]And I want to be able to sort by whatever column, ascending or descending. Something like:\[code\]sort($data, 'name', 'asc');\[/code\]Where I can pass in the above array of objects and sort by the value of whichever key I like. For reference, a similar .NET solution would be along these lines:\[code\]XmlSortOrder order = XmlSortOrder.Ascending; if ( sortDirection == "asc" ) { order = XmlSortOrder.Ascending; } expression.AddSort( columnSortingOn + "/text()", order, XmlCaseOrder.UpperFirst, "en-us", XmlDataType.Text ); \[/code\]I've seen people say \[quote\] "Use usort"\[/quote\]Followed by a basic example from the PHP manual but this doesn't really explain it. At least not to me. I've also seen people suggest using an external library like SimpleDOM but I want to avoid using something external for this (seemingly, though I cannot yet solve it) little thing.Any help is appreciated, Thanks!