How can I order these 2 foreach loops alphabetically-CodePudding

I have a foreach loop within a foreach loop the first foreach loop grabs the department the second foreach loop grabs the names within that department

<div >
<?php 
foreach ($departments as $department) {
  $code = $department['department_code'];
  $names = $department['department_names'];
  foreach ($names as $name) {
    $department_name = $name['name_of_department'];
    echo $department_name ;
  }
}
?>
</div>

currently the list sorts first by the department then the names which causes the alphabetical order to be broken, what can I add to make this code show the names in alphabetical order.

CodePudding user response：

Would this work?

    array_multisort(array_column($departments,'department_code'), SORT_ASC, SORT_STRING|SORT_FLAG_CASE,
                    array_column($departments,'department_names'), SORT_ASC, SORT_STRING|SORT_FLAG_CASE,
                    $departments);

That should put it in Code order then Name order where the Codes are the same

CodePudding user response：

You may use the php sort() method to order the names in alphabetical order:

...
$names = $department['department_names'];

sort($names); // This will sort the $names in alphabetical order

foreach ($names as $name) {
    $department_name = $name['name_of_department'];
    echo $department_name ;
}

Full code with the sort:

foreach ($departments as $department) {
    $code = $department['department_code'];
    $names = $department['department_names'];

    sort($names); // This will sort the $names in alphabetical order

    foreach ($names as $name) {
        $department_name = $name['name_of_department'];
        echo $department_name ;
    }
}

One tip: try moving this logic away from your view. It looks like you are adding this logic in a div tag, what is located in a view file.

Such logic does not belong in a view.