array_multisort, asort, keysort... help!!!!

[SmartAssDan]

I'm building a database driven site. (of course)... and so, i'd like to do the following:

I'm going to add an entry to an array, and then want to sort it. Here's the array so far:


the array's name is "$scores"...

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Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [score] => 210
            [name] => name
            [date] => 03/01/02 4:10pm
            [comment] => wow, that game was so much fun!
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [score] => 100
            [name] => name
            [date] => 03/01/02 4:10pm
            [comment] => i should play it again sometime!
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [score] => 90
            [name] => name
            [date] => 03/01/02 4:10pm
            [comment] => well, i could have done better...
        )

    [3] => Array
        (
            [score] => 10
            [name] => name
            [date] => 03/01/02 4:10pm
            [comment] => none
        )
)

then i'm gonna add a new element to that array:

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    [4] => Array
        (
            [score] => 100000
            [name] => newname
            [date] => 03/09/03 7:40:24pm
            [comment] => i beat you all!!
        )

now, what i would like to do is sort it by:


$scores[]["score"]]


(in other words, i want to sort it by top scores.)


i've been having lots and lots of problems with it. can i use array_multisort? or not? and if so... how?!

Thank you so much!

[SmartAssDan]

not that anybody rushed to help or anything, but i got around having to do this kind of sorting because of my database, and how it was organized. basically i avoided a problem in order to not have to deal with it. thanks for not helping. too bad there isn't a smiley for :bitter:....

[WiZARD]

Hi SmartAssDan!
see this:
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/ ... yManip.pdf