PHP城市按字母排序

 /**
     * 站点选择省份- wikstone       
     * return stdclass
     */
    public function getHomeSelectArea() {
        $areaModel = new \app\common\model\Area();
            $areaList = $areaModel->getAreaList();
            array_shift($areaList); //删除全国
            $listNew = array();
            foreach ($areaList as &$value) {
                $value = $value;
                $firstPinYin = strtoupper(substr($value['pinyin'], 0, 1));
                $value['firstPinYin'] = $firstPinYin;
                $list = array('id' => $value['id'], 'key' => $value['pinyin'], 'name' => $value['shortname']);
                $listNew[$firstPinYin]['title'] = $firstPinYin;
                $listNew[$firstPinYin]['item'][] = $list;
            }
            ksort($listNew);
            $datas = array_values($listNew);
           
        
        return $datas;
    }