diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57872d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/vendor/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..525efe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "name": "joshtronic/php-sort",
+    "type": "library",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "require": {
+        "platform": {
+            "php": ">=5.3"
+        }
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "Pickles\\": "src"
+        }
+    },
+    "autoload-dev": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "Pickles\\Tests\\": "tests"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/phpcs.xml b/phpcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24d2560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<ruleset>
+    <exclude-pattern>vendor/*</exclude-pattern>
+    <rule ref='PSR2' />
+</ruleset>
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb568a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<phpunit bootstrap="./vendor/autoload.php">
+    <directory>./tests</directory>
+</phpunit>
diff --git a/src/Sort.php b/src/Sort.php
index 6d37de6..5473208 100644
--- a/src/Sort.php
+++ b/src/Sort.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Sort
      *
      * Variable to utilize ascending sort
      *
-     * @var integer
+     * @var string
      */
     const ASC = 'ASC';
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Sort
      *
      * Variable to utilize descending sort
      *
-     * @var integer
+     * @var string
      */
     const DESC = 'DESC';
 
@@ -48,23 +48,21 @@ class Sort
      * @param string $field field to sort by
      * @param array $array array to sort
      * @param string $direction optional direction to sort
-     * @retun boolean true because sorting is done by reference
+     * @return boolean true because sorting is done by reference
      */
     public static function by($field, &$array, $direction = Sort::ASC)
     {
-        usort($array, create_function('$a, $b', '
-            $a = $a["' . $field . '"];
-            $b = $b["' . $field . '"];
+        usort($array, function ($a, $b) use ($field, $direction) {
+            $a = $a[$field];
+            $b = $b[$field];
 
-            if ($a == $b)
-            {
+            if ($a === $b) {
                 return 0;
             }
 
-            return ($a ' . ($direction == Sort::DESC ? '>' : '<') .' $b) ? -1 : 1;
-        '));
+            return ($a < $b ? -1 : 1) * ($direction === Sort::DESC ? -1 : 1);
+        });
 
         return true;
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/tests/SortTest.php b/tests/SortTest.php
index ed916f2..d29543e 100644
--- a/tests/SortTest.php
+++ b/tests/SortTest.php
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <?php
 
-class SortTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+namespace Pickles\Tests;
+
+use Pickles\Sort;
+
+class SortTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     public function testByNameASC()
     {
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ class SortTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             ['name' => 'gamma'],
         ];
 
-        Pickles\Sort::by('name', $shuffled);
+        Sort::by('name', $shuffled);
 
         $this->assertEquals($sorted, $shuffled);
     }
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ class SortTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             ['name' => 'alpha'],
         ];
 
-        Pickles\Sort::by('name', $shuffled, Pickles\Sort::DESC);
+        Sort::by('name', $shuffled, Sort::DESC);
 
         $this->assertEquals($sorted, $shuffled);
     }
@@ -53,9 +57,8 @@ class SortTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $shuffled = [['foo' => 'bar', 'bar' => 'foo']];
         $sorted   = [['foo' => 'bar', 'bar' => 'foo']];
 
-        Pickles\Sort::by('name', $shuffled);
+        Sort::by('name', $shuffled);
 
         $this->assertEquals($sorted, $shuffled);
     }
 }
-