technical problem sorting a list

[Frederick]

Hi all,

some code I've written http://coppermine-gallery.com/forum/index.php?topic=24466.msg114097#msg114097 refuses
to be sorted:
here you see the list it produces: http://cpcomp.mybesthost.com/boom.php

I want to sort that list alphabetically by genus (first column) and then by species (second column).
I've tried variations on multi_sort(), asort() and proper sort functions, but the problem seems to be that I can't find
how to sort by index.

My multi-dim array is declared like this:

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$sorted = array(array(array(),array(),array()));


and filled-in like this:

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foreach($rowset as $key => $row){

$genus = $row['user1'];
$species = $row['user2'];
$title = $row['title'];
$pict_id = $row['pid'];
$owner = $row['owner_name'];

$temp = count($sorted[$genus][$species]);

$sorted[$genus][$species][$temp][0] =$title;
$sorted[$genus][$species][$temp][1] =$pict_id;
$sorted[$genus][$species][$temp][2] =$owner;

}


which results in this kind of array:

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array(20) { ["Cymbidium"]=> array(2) { ["goeringii"]=> array(4) { [0]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(19) "Cymbidium goeringii"
[1]=> string(2) "79"
[2]=> string(14) "KyushuCalanthe"
}
[1]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(28) "Cymbidium goeringii seed pod"
[1]=> string(2) "77"
[2]=> string(14) "KyushuCalanthe"
}
[2]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(19) "Cymbidium goeringii"
[1]=> string(2) "75"
[2]=> string(14) "KyushuCalanthe"
}
[3]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(19) "Cymbidium goeringii"
[1]=> string(2) "74"
[2]=> string(14) "KyushuCalanthe"
}
}
["kanran"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(16) "Cymbidium kanran"
[1]=> string(2) "69"
[2]=> string(14) "KyushuCalanthe"
}
}
}
["Calanthe"]=> array(4) { ["discolor"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(17) "Calanthe discolor"
[1]=> string(2) "78"
[2]=> string(14) "KyushuCalanthe"
}
}
["sieboldii"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(18) "Calanthe sieboldii"
[1]=> string(2) "76"
[2]=> string(14) "KyushuCalanthe"
}
}
[""]=> array(8) { [0]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(23) "Calanthe complex hybrid"
[1]=> string(2) "71"
[2]=> string(14) "KyushuCalanthe"
}
[1]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(33) "Calanthe "sedenii pink""
[1]=> string(2) "35"
[2]=> string(9) "Frederick"
}
[2]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(28) "Calanthe "Brian K""
[1]=> string(2) "34"
[2]=> string(9) "Frederick"
}
[3]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(14) "Calanthe rosea"
[1]=> string(2) "31"
[2]=> string(9) "Frederick"
}
[4]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(24) "Unknown Calanthe variety"
[1]=> string(2) "30"
[2]=> string(9) "Frederick"
}
[5]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(24) "Unknown Calanthe variety"
[1]=> string(2) "29"
[2]=> string(9) "Frederick"
}
[6]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(35) "Calanthe "William Murray""
[1]=> string(2) "25"
[2]=> string(9) "Frederick"
}
[7]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(34) "Calanthe "sedenii white""
[1]=> string(2) "24"
[2]=> string(9) "Frederick"
}
}
["reflexa"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(3) { [0]=> string(16) "Calanthe reflexa"
[1]=> string(2) "70"
[2]=> string(14) "KyushuCalanthe"
}
}
}
...etc.
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any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Fred[/code]

[Abbas Ali]

Why don't you sort the results in the query itself.

Replace (in your other post)

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$result = db_query("SELECT $select_columns FROM {$CONFIG['TABLE_PICTURES']} WHERE approved = 'YES' $ALBUM_SET ORDER BY pid DESC $limit");


with

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$result = db_query("SELECT $select_columns FROM {$CONFIG['TABLE_PICTURES']} WHERE approved = 'YES' $ALBUM_SET ORDER BY user1,user2 $limit");


By doing this the results will come sorted

HTH
Abbas

[Frederick]

<sound of hand slapping forehead>

Thank you Abbas, problem solved.

regards,
Frederick