Is it possible to sort an array using secondary values contained in its primary index?

Question

hey guys i have a bit of a chicken or egg problem. I query an ldap database for a list of users and recieve a 2-dimensional array in the form

Array[index]['username']

The ldap database is currently not sorted alphabetically, or at least records are not being retrieved in an alphabetic order, so using a for loop on the [index] returns an unsorted looking list. How can i sort my Array alphabetically by the values in 'username'? is this even possible(easily)? :O

usort() is the function you'll need – Mark Baker Mar 13 '13 at 20:53 — Mark Baker, Mar 13 '13 at 20:53
Or of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/96759 – phs Mar 14 '13 at 02:53 — phs, Mar 14 '13 at 02:53

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 13 '13 at 21:33

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There's loads of duplicates for that... but here you go:

usort($array, function($a,$b){ return strcmp($a['username'], $b['username']); } );

edited Mar 13 '13 at 21:33

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I did search quite a bit before asking. Perhaps the language i was using to search was off.. Many thanks – Manny Adumbire Mar 19 '13 at 18:33

Is it possible to sort an array using secondary values contained in its primary index?

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