Elaboration on phpuser at gmail dot com reArrayFiles() function (which assumed sequential, integer keys and uni-dimensional), this function will work regardless of key and key depth:
<?php
function groupFileInfoByVariable(&$top, $info, $attr) {
if (is_array($info)) {
foreach ($info as $var => $val) {
if (is_array($val)) {
groupFileInfoByVariable($top[$var], $val, $attr);
} else {
$top[$var][$attr] = $val;
}
}
} else {
$top[$attr] = $info;
}
return true;
}
$newOrdering = array ();
foreach ($_FILES as $var => $info) {
foreach (array_keys($info) as $attr) {
groupFileInfoByVariable($newOrdering, $info[$attr], $attr);
}
}
?>