how to sort a json object in laravel - php

Question

i have the following response, how to sort it depending on the distnace
{
"Message": "Done.",
"Status": true,
"InnerData": [
{
"id": 66,
"name": "tito",
"distance": 74,
},
{
"id": 67,
"name": "liver pool",
"distance": 83
},
{
"id": 67,
"name": "Text",
"distance": 72
}
]
}
i tried the usort but i didn't make it.
i also tried this answer here but it seems to be different than the one i need

Answer 1

In pure PHP 7
<?php
$json = '{
"Message": "Done.",
"Status": true,
"InnerData": [
{
"id": 66,
"name": "tito",
"distance": 74
},
{
"id": 67,
"name": "liver pool",
"distance": 83
},
{
"id": 67,
"name": "Text",
"distance": 72
}
]
}';
$array = json_decode($json, true);
usort($array['InnerData'], function($a, $b) {
return $a['distance'] <=> $b['distance'];
});
print_r($array);

Answer 2

As #hdifen suggested, if you're using Laravel it's a breeze to do this.
$json = '{
"Message": "Done.",
"Status": true,
"InnerData": [
{
"id": 66,
"name": "tito",
"distance": 74
},
{
"id": 67,
"name": "liver pool",
"distance": 83
},
{
"id": 67,
"name": "Text",
"distance": 72
}
]
}';
$data = json_decode($json, true);
$data['InnerData'] = collect($data['InnerData'])->sortBy('distance', SORT_REGULAR, true);
$encoded = json_encode($data);
echo $encoded;
Output:
{
"Message":"Done.",
"Status":true,
"InnerData":{
"1":{
"id":67,
"name":"liver pool",
"distance":83
},
"0":{
"id":66,
"name":"tito",
"distance":74
},
"2":{
"id":67,
"name":"Text",
"distance":72
}
}
}

Answer 3

Json is mainly used as a common format for sending data.
In Laravel you can convert a json object to a php array easily by using json_decode().
$phpArray = json_decode($json);
From here you can convert it to a collection to take advantage of laravels collection functions.
$laravelArray = collect($phpArray);
After this take a look at https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/collections to do sort/filter or do whatever you want to the array.