Collection

<?php

$exampleEntries = [
    'my example exa' => 'value_4',
    'my example' => 'value_1',
    'my example ex' => 'value_3',
    'my example e' => 'value_2',
];

$result = collect($exampleEntries)->sort()->toArray();

$result = [
    "my example" => "value_1",
    "my example e" => "value_2",
    "my example ex" => "value_3",
    "my example exa" => "value_4",
]

<?php

$exampleEntries = [
    'key_1' => 'value_1',
    'key_3' => 'value_3',
    'key_2' => 'value_2',
    'key_7' => 'value_7',
    'key_4' => 'value_4',
    'key_6' => 'value_6',
    'key_5' => 'value_5',
];

$result = collect($exampleEntries)->sortKeys()->toArray();

$result = [
    "key_1" => "value_1",
    "key_2" => "value_2",
    "key_3" => "value_3",
    "key_4" => "value_4",
    "key_5" => "value_5",
    "key_6" => "value_6",
    "key_7" => "value_7",
]