Question

I have the following array setup called $players:

Array(
    [4153234567] => Array(
        [name] => JohnnyAppleSeed
        [rating] => 00
    )
    [4807173711] => Array(
        [name] => admin
        [rating] => 6000
    )
    [4801234562] => Array(
        [name] => 4801234562
        [rating] = > 00
    )
)

I need to sort this array and echo:

$name of person with highest rating
$name of person with lowest rating

then remove these people from the array im looking at and repeat till I have moved through everyone.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Try usort

 usort($players, "player_sort");

 function player_sort($a,$b) {
      return $a['rating']>$b['rating'];
 }

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.usort.php

Once sorted, you can take the first and last element to get the highest and lowest.