Question

foreach ( $this->parent->get_sections(null, $this->parent->author) as $section)
{
  //...
}

I’m trying to do is force the loop to output each $section in the order I want. Each $section‘s name can be retrieved by $section->name. Let’s say that I want to output $section “Section 2” first and then “Section 1” (and not in the order of the foreach). How can I force it do that? I presume the proper way would be a for loop with an if checking section names each time.

Answer 1

Not knowing the structure of your code, I would do something like.

// Get Org Sections
$sections = $this->parent->get_sections(null, $this->parent->author);

// Loop thru sections to get an array of names
foreach ( $sections as $key=>$section)
{ 
$sorted_sections[$section->name] = $key;
}

// Sort Array
//ksort — Sort an array by key
//krsort — Sort an array by key in reverse order
krsort($sorted_sections);

foreach ( $sorted_sections as $section)
{ 
// Orig Code
}