Are there any specific guidelines or best practices to follow when using uasort() in PHP for sorting arrays?

When using uasort() in PHP to sort arrays, it is important to provide a custom comparison function that defines the sorting criteria. This function should return a negative value if the first argument should be placed before the second argument, a positive value if the second argument should be placed before the first argument, or zero if they are equal. Additionally, make sure to pass the array to be sorted as the first argument and the custom comparison function as the second argument to the uasort() function. 

// Example of using uasort() to sort an associative array by its values
$fruits = [
    'apple' => 4,
    'banana' => 2,
    'orange' => 3
];

// Custom comparison function to sort by values in ascending order
function compare($a, $b) {
    if ($a == $b) {
        return 0;
    }
    return ($a < $b) ? -1 : 1;
}

// Sort the array by values using the custom comparison function
uasort($fruits, 'compare');

// Output the sorted array
print_r($fruits);

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