Are there any potential pitfalls to be aware of when sorting multidimensional arrays in PHP?

When sorting multidimensional arrays in PHP, one potential pitfall to be aware of is that the sorting functions may not work as expected if you are trying to sort based on a specific key within the nested arrays. To solve this issue, you can use a custom sorting function with `usort()` that allows you to specify the key you want to sort by. 

// Sample multidimensional array
$students = [
    ['name' => 'John', 'age' => 25],
    ['name' => 'Sarah', 'age' => 22],
    ['name' => 'Mike', 'age' => 30]
];

// Custom sorting function to sort by 'age'
usort($students, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['age'] - $b['age'];
});

// Output sorted array
print_r($students);

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multidimensional arrays sorting PHP array_multisort nested arrays

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