$person = array(
  array('num'=>'001','id'=>6,'name'=>'zhangsan','age'=>21),
  array('num'=>'001','id'=>7,'name'=>'ahangsan','age'=>23),
  array('num'=>'003','id'=>1,'name'=>'bhangsan','age'=>23),
  array('num'=>'001','id'=>3,'name'=>'dhangsan','age'=>23),
);
//负数或者false表示第一个参数应该在前
function sort_by_name($x,$y){
  return strcasecmp($x['name'],$y['name']);
}

uasort($person,'sort_by_name');

//$array 要排序的数组
//$row  排序依据列
//$type 排序类型[asc or desc]
//return 排好序的数组
function array_sort($array,$row,$type){
  $array_temp = array();
  foreach($array as $v){
    $array_temp[$v[$row]] = $v;
  }
  if($type == 'asc'){
    ksort($array_temp);
  }elseif($type='desc'){
    krsort($array_temp);
  }else{
  }
  return $array_temp;
}

$users = array(
  array('name' => 'tom', 'age' => 20)
  , array('name' => 'anny', 'age' => 18)
  , array('name' => 'jack', 'age' => 22)
);

$ages = array();
foreach ($users as $user) {
  $ages[] = $user['age'];
}
array_multisort($ages, SORT_ASC, $users);

array_multisort($ages, SORT_ASC, $names, SORT_ASC, $users);

usort($users, function($a, $b) {
      $al = strlen($a['name']);
      $bl = strlen($b['name']);
      if ($al == $bl)
        return 0;
      return ($al > $bl) ? -1 : 1;
    });