Sorting an Array of Objects in PHP In a Specific Order

Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [ID] => 1
            [user_login] => user1
        )
    [1] => stdClass Object
        (
            [ID] => 6
            [user_login] => user6
        )
    [2] => stdClass Object
        (
            [ID] => 8
            [user_login] => user8
        )
)

Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [ID] => 8
            [user_login] => user8
        )
    [1] => stdClass Object
        (
            [ID] => 1
            [user_login] => user1
        )
    [2] => stdClass Object
        (
            [ID] => 6
            [user_login] => user6
        )
)

function cmp($a, $b)
{
   global $author_array;

   $pos1=array_search ($a->ID, $author_array);
   $pos2=array_search ($b->ID, $author_array);

   if ($pos1==$pos2)
       return 0;
   else
      return ($pos1 < $pos2 ? -1 : 1);

}


usort($user_results, "cmp");

$hash = array();
$result = array();

foreach ($user_results as $obj) {
    $hash[$obj->ID] = $obj;
}

foreach ($author_array as $id) {
    $result[] = $hash[$id];
}

$sort_array= array(11, 4, 16, 19, 23);
$myobject = sort_categories($myobject)

function cmp($a, $b) {
    if ($a->sort_key == $b->sort_key) { return 0; }
    return ($a->sort_key < $b->sort_key) ? -1 : 1;
}
function sort_categories($obj) {
    global $sort_array;

    foreach($obj as $cat) {
        $cat->sort_key = 999;
        for ($i=0;$i<count($sort_array);$i++) {
            if ($sort_array[$i] == $cat->term_id) $cat->sort_key = $i;
        }
    }
    usort($obj,'cmp');
    return $obj;
}