I have a multidimensional dataset that represents a list of users connected to our servers. Each array contains connection information. The same user can be connected to any number of ports on different servers.
Array( [0] => Array(
[0] => serverA
[1] => port1,
[2] => user1,
[3] => ip1
),
[1] => Array(
[0] => serverB
[1] => port2,
[2] => user2,
[3] => ip2
),
[2] => Array(
[0] => serverC
[1] => port1,
[2] => user3,
[3] => ip3
),
[3] => Array(
[0] => serverA
[1] => port1,
[2] => user4,
[3] => ip4
),
[4] => Array(
[0] => serverB
[1] => port4,
[2] => user5,
[3] => ip5
),
[5] => Array(
[0] => serverC
[1] => port1,
[2] => user6,
[3] => ip6
),
[6] => Array(
[0] => serverA
[1] => port2,
[2] => user7,
[3] => ip7
),
)
I need to group the servers first and then the ports and print a list showing connected users for each server and port, as shown below:
ServerA
port1
user1,ip1
user4,ip4
port2
user7,ip2
ServerB
port2
user2,ip2
port4
user5,ip5
ServerC
port1
user3,ip3
user6,ip6
I am confused how to approach this. Should I use a multidimensional array sort function (e.g. array_multisort) or should I build a new array? In this regard, we will gratefully accept examples.