What are the potential pitfalls of using ksort() for sorting arrays in PHP when the goal is to sort by object properties rather than keys?

When using ksort() in PHP to sort arrays by object properties instead of keys, the function sorts the array by keys rather than the object properties. To sort by object properties, you can use usort() with a custom comparison function that accesses the object properties for comparison. 

// Define a custom comparison function to sort by object properties
function sortByProperty($a, $b) {
    return $a->property - $b->property;
}

// Create an array of objects
$objects = [
    (object)['property' => 2],
    (object)['property' => 1],
    (object)['property' => 3]
];

// Sort the array by object properties using usort() with the custom comparison function
usort($objects, 'sortByProperty');

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

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ksort sorting arrays object properties PHP pitfalls

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