Sorting of associative array doesnt work...what am i doing wrong here?

[panos100m]

Hi


I can't get the following to work:
[code=php]
//that is in the for loop only it works just an example of the array
$users[$i] = array( 'username' => $unique[$i], 'times' => $k );

}




$users[3] = array( 'username' => "testuser", 'times' => 8000 ); //add use


echo $users[0]['times'];


for ($l=0;$l<sizeof ($users);$l++)

for ($k=0;$k<sizeof ($users);$k++)
{
echo $users[$k+1]('username''tim es);
if ($users[$k]['times'] < $users[$k+1]['times'])
{

$temp[0]['username']['times']= $users[$k]['username']['times'];
$users[$k]['username']['times']=$users[$k+1]['username']['times'];
$users[$k+1]['username']['times']=$temp[0]['username']['times'];
}

}
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Any idea why the array doesnt get sorted :-( ??

Thanks

Panos

[Atli]

Panos.

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[Atli]

This code makes no sense.

You create an array that looks like this:

array(
  array(
    "username" => "string",
    "times" => int
  )
);

And then you try to compare this element:
[code=php]
$array[n]['username']['times']
// n being an integer value
[/code]
Which doesn't exist.

And then, once that is supposed to be compared, you swap the current "times" element with the next "times" element, but leaving the "username" element in place.

Could you explain the thought behind this?
How is it not working?
What isn't it doing that it should be doing?
What is it doing that it shouldn't?

Are you getting any errors?
Have you turned on the debug messages?

[panos100m]

Hi i wanted to sort the results so the users that they are the most times in the list will appear in the first elements of the array:

so for a given array

$users[0] = array( 'username' => "username1", 'times' => 222 );
$users[1] = array( 'username' => "username2", 'times' => 333 );
$users[2] = array( 'username' => "username4", 'times' => 1 )

sorted it will hold

array[0]username2:333
array[1]username1:222
array[1]username4:1



i corrected my code and it works but there must be a more elegant way (less code)

....the way that it works is by checking the current element of the array with the next one and if it the current element is smaller it switches them position, with the help of another array with two associative fields one for times and one for user

for ($l=0;$l<sizeof($users);$l++)

for ($k=0;$k<sizeof($users);$k++)
{
//echo $users[$k+1]('username''times);
if ($users[$k]['times'] < $users[$k+1]['times'])
{

     $temp[0]['times']=  $users[$k]['times'];
	 $temp[0]['username']=  $users[$k]['username'];
$users[$k]['username']=$users[$k+1]['username'];
$users[$k]['times']=$users[$k+1]['times'];

$users[$k+1]['username']=$temp[0]['username'];
$users[$k+1]['times']=$temp[0]['times'];
}

}

However there must be a better way i guess? (less code for the same thing)

Was looking at a php function array multisort any ideas?

Thanks for the help btw .

[Dormilich]

Hi i wanted to sort the results so the users that they are the most times in the list will appear in the first elements of the array:

so for a given array

$users[0] = array( 'username' => "username1", 'times' => 222 );
$users[1] = array( 'username' => "username2", 'times' => 333 );
$users[2] = array( 'username' => "username4", 'times' => 1 )

sorted it will hold

array[0]username2:333
array[1]username1:222
array[1]username4:1

Was looking at a php function array multisort any ideas?

as you were proposing array_multisort () should do what you want, look at the examples there's described what you need (I think)

regards