Is it just me, or are the examples below misleading, and actually demonstrating situations that would be more appropriate for usort()?

After trying to make sense of the uasort() description, it sounds like it's more for sorting a 1D array like this:

"john" => "$23.12"
"tim" => "$6.50"
"bob" => "$18.54"

and getting back:

"tim" => "$6.50"
"bob" => "$18.54"
"john" => $23.12"

(assuming, of course, that your sort function is lopping off the $ and evaluating as a number -- which would complicate the use of asort() ;)