按具有自定义排序优先级的列对数组数组进行排序(不是按字母顺序）

使用Jonathan关于使用usort的建议，您可以在单独的函数中定义自定义排序规则，如：

function getAnimalValue($animal) {
    switch($animal) {
        case 'Lion':
            return 1;
        case 'Dog':
            return 2;
        case 'Zeebra':
            return 3;
        case 'Cat':
            return 4;
    }
    return 0;
}

然后，实现您自己的比较功能：

function compare($itemA, $itemB) {
    $a = getAnimalValue($itemA['animal']);
    $b = getAnimalValue($itemB['animal']);
    if ($a == $b) {
        return 0;
    }
    return ($a < $b) ? -1 : 1;
}

最后，使用compare函数调用usort：

usort($array, "compare");

PHP7提供了"太空船操作员"，使排序变得非常简单。

以下所有代码段都将利用查找数组来确定自定义排序顺序。

$priorities = array_flip(['Lion', 'Dog', 'Zeebra', 'Cat']);

代码：（演示）

usort($array, function($a, $b) use ($priorities) {
    return $priorities[$a['animal']] <=> $priorities[$b['animal']];
});

PHP7.4+代码：（演示）

usort($array, fn($a, $b) => $priorities[$a['animal']] <=> $priorities[$b['animal']]);

您的问题和样本数据表明，您总是在查找数组中确认所有动物。如果这并不总是正确的，那么您需要在自定义函数中进行isset()调用，并确定是否希望将丢失的动物放在列表的前面或后面。

上面的两个片段都提供了相同的输出：

array (
  0 => 
  array (
    'id' => 3452342,
    'animal' => 'Lion',
  ),
  1 => 
  array (
    'id' => 1231233,
    'animal' => 'Lion',
  ),
  2 => 
  array (
    'id' => 7867867,
    'animal' => 'Dog',
  ),
  3 => 
  array (
    'id' => 5867867,
    'animal' => 'Dog',
  ),
  4 => 
  array (
    'id' => 1111111,
    'animal' => 'Zeebra',
  ),
  5 => 
  array (
    'id' => 4444444,
    'animal' => 'Zeebra',
  ),
  6 => 
  array (
    'id' => 2222222,
    'animal' => 'Cat',
  ),
  7 => 
  array (
    'id' => 3333333,
    'animal' => 'Cat',
  ),
)

检查usort。参考号：

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

示例：

function cmp($a, $b) {
    $order=array("Lion","Dog","Zebra","Cat");
    if ($a["animal"] == $b["animal"]) {
        return 0;
    }
    return (array_search($a["animal"],$order) < array_search($b["animal"],$order)) ? -1 : 1;
}
$array = array(
    array("id" => 7867867, "animal" => "Dog"),
    array("id" => 3452342, "animal" => "Lion"),
    array("id" => 1231233, "animal" => "Lion"),
    array("id" => 5867867, "animal" => "Dog"),
    array("id" => 1111111, "animal" => "Zebra"),
    array("id" => 2222222, "animal" => "Cat"),
    array("id" => 3333333, "animal" => "Cat"),
    array("id" => 4444444, "animal" => "Zebra")
);
$mySortedArray=usort($array, "cmp");

这是一种有点丑陋的方式，但它确实有效。

// Set our rules, the key is the order
$rules = array(0=>"Dog",1=>"Lion",2=>"Zeebra",3=>"Cat");
// Our array
$array = array(
    array("id" => 7867867, "animal" => "Dog"),
    array("id" => 3452342, "animal" => "Lion"),
    array("id" => 1231233, "animal" => "Lion"),
    array("id" => 5867867, "animal" => "Dog"),
    array("id" => 1111111, "animal" => "Zeebra"),
    array("id" => 2222222, "animal" => "Cat"),
    array("id" => 3333333, "animal" => "Cat"),
    array("id" => 4444444, "animal" => "Zeebra")
);
// Split each animal into a arrays per animal
foreach( $array as $item ){
    $animals[ $item['animal'] ][] = $item;
}
// Loop our rules (dogs, then lions, etc) and put our mini arrays in a final sorted_array.
foreach( $rules as $animal_order => $animal_name ){
    foreach( $animals[$animal_name] as $animal ){
        $sorted_animals[] = $animal;
    }
}
print_r($sorted_animals);

尝试：

function sortByAnimals($array, $animalOrderArray){
  foreach($animalOrderArray as $v){
    $aa[$v] = array();
  }
  foreach($array as $a){
    foreach($aa as $i => $v){
      if(preg_match("/^{$a['animal']}$/i", $i)){
        array_push($aa[$i], $a);
        break;
      }
    }
  }
  foreach($aa as $a){
    foreach($a as $v){
      $r[] = $v;
    }
  }
  return $r;
}
$resArray = sortByAnimals($array, array('lion', 'dog', 'zeebra', 'cat'));