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Multidimensional array sort by date - El Forum - 12-10-2012 [eluser]aniketharshe20[/eluser] Hello, I want to sort multidimensional array by date with descending order. How to do it?? This my array: Code: Array --------------------------------------------- Thanks, Aniket Multidimensional array sort by date - El Forum - 12-10-2012 [eluser]jprateragg[/eluser] I would sort it by date in your model/database query. Multidimensional array sort by date - El Forum - 12-10-2012 [eluser]PhilTem[/eluser] Either you do what @jprateragg suggests, or you have a look at http://php.net/manual/en/array.sorting.php and the mentioned functions for some of which you can define a custom search function that compares the added_date however you define i.e. want to compare it Multidimensional array sort by date - El Forum - 12-10-2012 [eluser]aniketharshe20[/eluser] Hi, I have mereged 2 arrays thats why they are not in order by date. I tried using array_multisort() but coudn't do it. Thanks, Aniket Multidimensional array sort by date - El Forum - 12-11-2012 [eluser]jprateragg[/eluser] Like I said--do this at your model level. Create a function your model that fetches both arrays. Use the UNION statement to merge the results so you can order by date relatively easily. Multidimensional array sort by date - El Forum - 12-11-2012 [eluser]pickupman[/eluser] @jprateragg has the best of doing it in the model, provided that a UNION will work. Otherwise you can use [url="http://php.net/manual/en/function.usort.php"]ursort()[/url]. Here's a quick comparison function that will work on your array. Code: function sort_by_date($a, $b) |