How does this code work?

[Raistlin Majere]

// Please, tell me in details.

function sortArrayByFiel d
(
$original,
$field,
$descending = false
)
{
$sortArr = array();

foreach ( $original as $key =$value )
{
$sortArr[ $key ] = $value[ $field ];
}

if ( $descending )
{
arsort( $sortArr );
}
else
{
asort( $sortArr );
}

$resultArr = array();
foreach ( $sortArr as $key =$value )
{
$resultArr[ $key ] = $original[ $key ];
}

return $resultArr;
}

[Michael Fesser]

Re: How does this code work?

..oO(Raistlin Majere)

>// Please, tell me in details.

It works good. SCNR

Any particular problems in understanding the code? The used statements
and functions are pretty straightforward . Basic PHP, nothing special.
So where are your difficulties?

Micha