<!-- Collection of code snippets by Arne Vajhøj -->
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<?php
class Data {
    public $name;
    public $position;
    public function __construct($name, $position) {
        $this->name = $name;
        $this->position = $position;
    }   
}

$data = array(new Data('Mary Johnson', 'Secretary'),
              new Data('Amanda Miller', 'Member'),
              new Data('James Brown', 'Member'),
              new Data('Patricia Williams', 'Member'),
              new Data('Michael Davis', 'President'),
              new Data('Sarah Miller', 'Vice-President'),
              new Data('Patrick Miller', 'Member'));

/* start sort */

$sortorder = array('President', 'Vice-President', 'Secretary', 'Member');

function my_sort($a, $b) {
    global $sortorder;
    if($a->position == $b->position) {
        return strcmp($a->name, $b->name);
    }
    $cmpa = array_search($a->position, $sortorder);
    $cmpb = array_search($b->position, $sortorder);
    return ($cmpa > $cmpb) ? 1 : -1;
}

usort($data, 'my_sort');

/* end sort */

foreach($data as $o) {
    echo $o->name . ' ' . $o->position . "\r\n";
}
?>