Sorting an array by multiple values in PHP and inserting into HTML table

Question

I'm trying to sort the contens of an array and then enter it into a HTML table. The array needs to be sorted based on the number of goals, and if two teams have the one with the most players needs to be placed higher. This is a sample of the array:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [id] => 1
            [team] => Manchester United
            [goals] => 210
            [country] => england
            [players] => 10
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [id] => 2
            [team] => Manchester City
            [goals] => 108
            [country] => england
            [players] => 12
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [id] => 3
            [team] => Liverpool
            [goals] => 108
            [country] => england
            [players] => 15
        )
)

I've never done sorting in PHP and I only have some experience with arrays, they weren't nested like this.

Answer 1

All you need is usort

usort($data, function ($a, $b) {
    if ($a['goals'] == $b['goals'])
        return $a['players'] > $b['players'] ? - 1 : 1;
    return $a['goals'] > $b['goals'] ? -1 : 1;
});

print_r($data);

Output

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [id] => 1
            [team] => Manchester United
            [goals] => 210                    <--- Highest goal top
            [country] => england
            [players] => 10
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [id] => 3
            [team] => Liverpool
            [goals] => 108                    <--- Same Score found
            [country] => england
            [players] => 15                           Use This ---|
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [id] => 2
            [team] => Manchester City
            [goals] => 108                    <--- Same Score found
            [country] => england
            [players] => 12                           Use This ---|
        )

)

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