age; * }); * * // output all user name order by their age in descending order * foreach ($sorted as $user) { * echo $user->name; * } * ``` * * This iterator does not preserve the keys passed in the original elements. */ class SortIterator extends Collection { /** * Wraps this iterator around the passed items so when iterated they are returned * in order. * * The callback will receive as first argument each of the elements in $items, * the value returned in the callback will be used as the value for sorting such * element. Please note that the callback function could be called more than once * per element. * * @param array|\Traversable $items The values to sort * @param callable|string $callback A function used to return the actual value to * be compared. It can also be a string representing the path to use to fetch a * column or property in each element * @param int $dir either SORT_DESC or SORT_ASC * @param int $type the type of comparison to perform, either SORT_STRING * SORT_NUMERIC or SORT_NATURAL */ public function __construct($items, $callback, $dir = SORT_DESC, $type = SORT_NUMERIC) { if (is_array($items)) { $items = new Collection($items); } $items = iterator_to_array($items, false); $callback = $this->_propertyExtractor($callback); $results = []; foreach ($items as $key => $value) { $value = $callback($value); if ($value instanceof \DateTime && $type === SORT_NUMERIC) { $value = $value->format('U'); } $results[$key] = $value; } $dir === SORT_DESC ? arsort($results, $type) : asort($results, $type); foreach (array_keys($results) as $key) { $results[$key] = $items[$key]; } parent::__construct($results); } }