如果有人想要一个更简单的解决方案来操作数组，只需使用Laravel Collection包，它有一个实现的sortBy函数，可以让你简单地按键排序。

$collection->sortBy('forename')->sortBy('surname');

也就是说，为了先按a，然后按b，然后按c排序，正确的子句应该是

sortBy('c')->sortBy('b')->sortBy('a')

https://packagist.org/packages/tightenco/collect

使用Nspl中的sorted function对数组进行排序非常方便:

基本分类

// Sort array
$sorted = sorted([3, 1, 2]);

// Sort array in descending order
$sortedDesc = sorted([3, 1, 2], true);

按函数结果排序

// Sort array by the result of a given function (order words by length)
$sortedByLength = sorted(['bc', 'a', 'abc'], 'strlen');
$sortedByLengthDesc = sorted(['bc', 'a', 'abc'], true, 'strlen');

// Sort array by the result of user-defined function (order words by the 1st character)
$sortedByTheFirstCharacter = sorted(['bc', 'a', 'abc'], function($v) { return $v[0]; }); 

// Which is the same as
$sortedByTheFirstCharacter = sorted(['bc', 'a', 'abc'], itemGetter(0));
$sortedByTheFirstCharacterDesc = sorted(['bc', 'a', 'abc'], true, itemGetter(0));

// itemGetter(0) returns a function which takes an argument with access by index/key
// and returns the value at index 0

多维数组排序

// Sort multidimensional array (sort list of users by their names)
$users = [
    array('name' => 'Robert', 'age' => 20),
    array('name' => 'Alex', 'age' => 30),
    array('name' => 'Jack', 'age' => 25),
];
$sortedByName = sorted($users, itemGetter('name'));
$sortedByNameDesc = sorted($users, true, itemGetter('name'));

// itemGetter('name') returns a function which takes an argument with access by index/key
// and returns the value of the 'name' key

对象排序数组

// Lets assume we have class User(name, age) with properties name and age
// and public methods getName() and getAge()
$users = [
    new User('Robert', 20),
    new User('Alex', 30),
    new User('Jack', 25),
];

// Sort list of objects by property value (sort list of users by their name)
$sortedByName = sorted($users, propertyGetter('name'));
$sortedByNameDesc = sorted($users, true, propertyGetter('name'));

// propertyGetter('name') returns a function which takes an object
// and returns the value of its 'name' property

// Sort list of objects by method result (sort list of users by their age)
$sortedByAge = sorted($users, methodCaller('getAge'));
$sortedByAgeDesc = sorted($users, true, methodCaller('getAge'));

// methodCaller('getAge') returns a function which takes an object
// and returns the result of its getAge() method

用比较函数排序

// Sort with a comparison function (order words lexicographically with strcmp)
$sortedLexicographically = sorted(['bc', 'a', 'abc'], false, null, 'strcmp');

// Sort with user-defined comparison function (order words by the 1st character)
$sortedByTheFirstCharacter = sorted(['bc', 'a', 'abc'], false, null, function($v1, $v2) {
    return chr($v1[0]) - chr($v2[0]);
});

你可以在这里看到所有这些例子。

如果你想根据多个标准的绝对最大值对数组进行排序，这里有一个简单的方法:

usort($arr, function($item, $nextItem) {
    return (max($nextItem->firstNumber, $nextItem->secondNumber)) - (max($item->firstNumber, $item->secondNumber));
});

例子:

$foo = new stdClass;
$foo->createdDate = '10';
$foo->uploadedDate = '5';

$bar = new stdClass;
$bar->createdDate = '1';
$bar->uploadedDate = '12';

$baz = new stdClass;
$baz->createdDate = '25';
$baz->uploadedDate = '0';


$arr = [$foo, $bar, $baz];

// Order array by the highest number between "createdDate" and "uploadedDate".
usort($arr, function($item, $nextItem) {
    return (max($nextItem->createdDate, $nextItem->uploadedDate)) - (max($item->createdDate, $item->uploadedDate));
});

结果:

array (
  0 => 
  (object) array(
     'createdDate' => '25',
     'uploadedDate' => '0',
  ),
  1 => 
  (object) array(
     'createdDate' => '1',
     'uploadedDate' => '12',
  ),
  2 => 
  (object) array(
     'createdDate' => '10',
     'uploadedDate' => '5',
  ),
)

LINQ

在. net中，LINQ经常用于排序，它提供了比比较函数更好的语法，特别是当对象需要按多个字段排序时。LINQ到PHP有几个端口，包括YaLinqo库*。有了它，数组可以用单行进行排序，而无需编写复杂的比较函数。

$sortedByName         = from($objects)->orderBy('$v->name');
$sortedByCount        = from($objects)->orderBy('$v->count');
$sortedByCountAndName = from($objects)->orderBy('$v->count')->thenBy('$v->name');

比较可以通过传递回调作为第二个参数来进一步定制，例如:

$sortedByFilenameNat  = from($objects)->orderBy('$v->filename', 'strnatcmp');

这里，'$v->count'是函数($v) {return $v->count;}(任何一个都可以使用)。这些方法链返回迭代器，迭代器可以通过在最后添加->toArray()转换为数组。

在内部，orderBy和相关方法调用适当的数组排序函数(uasort、krsort、multisort、usort等)。

LINQ包含了更多受SQL启发的方法:过滤、分组、连接、聚合等。它最适合在不依赖数据库的情况下执行对数组和对象的复杂转换。

*由我开发，请参阅自述文件以了解更多细节和与其他LINQ端口的比较

这个答案是关于多列排序的，其中数组应该在每个一维元素中根据非连续索引的值进行排序。 这与多维排序不同，因为每个元素只由不同的Key=>Value对组成。

function fncCmp( array $ItmOne, array $ItmTwo ) {       ; # callback for sorting items (which are arrays) by values at specific indexes
  $strCmpOne = $ItmOne[ 'ColOne' ] . $ItmOne[ 'ColThr' ]; # build compound values
  $strCmpTwo = $ItmTwo[ 'ColOne' ] . $ItmTwo[ 'ColThr' ]; #   to compare
  return $strCmpOne <=> $strCmpTwo                      ; # pass back comparison-result
} # fncCmp

$arrDat = array(                                                       # define an array of items
  array( 'ColOne' => 'Val2', 'ColTwo' => 'Val8', 'ColThr' => 'Val6' )  #   each of which
 ,array( 'ColOne' => 'Val2', 'ColTwo' => 'Val9', 'ColThr' => 'Val4' )  #   is an
 ,array( 'ColOne' => 'Val1', 'ColTwo' => 'Val7', 'ColThr' => 'Val5' )  #   array of
)                                                                    ; #   fields
var_dump       ( $arrDat           )                                 ; # emit items before sort
$bolSrt = usort( $arrDat, 'fncCmp' )                                 ; # sort the array by comparing elements
var_dump       ( $arrDat           )                                 ; # emit items after  sort

在PHP 5.3的闭包中，也可以使用闭包来确定排序的顺序。

例如，假设$array是一个包含month属性的对象数组。

 $orderArray = array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","June","July","Aug","Sept","Oct","Nov","Dec");

 usort($array, function($a, $b) use ($orderArray){
       return array_search($a->month, $orderArray) - array_search($b->month, $orderArray);
 });