PHP Array Help

[AndyCr15]

Hi, I've been dabbling in PHP for months now so I know I should know this, but can anyone confirm I would be doing this right if I made an array like this -

$item = array(
"date" => $date,
"name" => $name,
"comment" => $comment
);

Then added it to an array like this -

array_push($items, $item);

Would I then access the comments for example, like this -

$thisComment = $items[$x]['comment'];

And how would I sort the items by 'date', given the date format goes yyyy-mm-dd, so should work as a straight forward sort?

Thanks!

 

[Dup]

So you're creating a multi-dimensional array (array of arrays). I don't see anything wrong with what you're doing.

This should cover you for sorting it, date format shouldn't matter.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33076210/how-to-sort-multidimensional-array-by-date

 

[moogle]

Yep, a sort should do it. As the explanation in SO says, you need to convert the dates to numerical timestamps if you want to sort by actual date. Although having the date in yyyy-mm-dd should result in the same thing.

 

[AndyCr15]

Great, thanks.