Display element from array before looping - php

Question

I need to display a certain object from an array before showing the rest of the array.
The array looks like this:
Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[template_id] => 91
[template_name] => Alphabet
[template_thumbnail] => blank-template-thumbnail.jpg
[template_create_date] => 1456821665
[template_customer_id] => 0
[template_is_responsive] => no
[template_type] => builder
[template_category] => simple
[sort] => 2
)
[1] => stdClass Object
(
[template_id] => 92
[template_name] => Blank Template
[template_thumbnail] => blank-template-thumbnail.jpg
[template_create_date] => 1456821670
[template_customer_id] => 0
[template_is_responsive] => no
[template_type] => builder
[template_category] => simple
[sort] => 2
)
[2] => stdClass Object
(
[template_id] => 31
[template_name] => Holiday Specials
[template_thumbnail] => accommodation-1-20110926.jpg
[template_create_date] => 1456821660
[template_customer_id] => 0
[template_is_responsive] => no
[template_type] => builder
[template_category] => Accommodation
[sort] => 3
)
)
I need to show Blank Template first and then show the rest alphabetically (the order it is in now.
Is there a more elegant solution than looping through the array twice? The size of the array can be anything from 1 (the blank template) to countless objects.

Answer 1

$str="";
for($i=0;$i<=count($arr);$i++){
if($arr[$i]['template_name'] == "Blank Template"){
echo $arr[$i]['template_name'];
}else{
$str .= $arr[$i]['template_name']. "<br>";
}
}
echo $str;

Answer 2

Try this:
$firstItem = null;
$outArray = [];
foreach($yourArray as $item){
if($item->template_name == 'Blank Template'){
$firstItem = $item;
}else{
$outArray[$item->template_name] = $item;
}
}
ksort($outArray,SORT_STRING);
array_unshift($outArray,$firstItem);
Just one loop. Pay attention that this way of doing things, just work if you have uniqueness on the template_name!
Hope it helps.

Answer 3

This will work for you, try
<?php
$dataArray = array(0=>array('template_id'=>91,'template_name'=>'Alphabet'),
1=>array('template_id'=>92,'template_name'=>'Blank Template'),
2=>array('template_id'=>31,'template_name'=>'Holiday Specials')
);
$newArray = array();
foreach($dataArray as $key => $val)
{
if(in_array('Blank Template',$val))///find the key for black template
{
unset($dataArray[$key]); ///unset black temp from original array
$newArray[] = $val;///push black temp into new array at 0 index
foreach($dataArray as $k => $v)
{
$newArray[] = $v; ///push the renaming values into new array
}
}
}
echo "<pre>"; print_r($newArray);
?>
This will give you :
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[template_id] => 92
[template_name] => Blank Template
)
[1] => Array
(
[template_id] => 91
[template_name] => Alphabet
)
[2] => Array
(
[template_id] => 31
[template_name] => Holiday Specials
)
)
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