diff --git a/Civi/Api4/Generic/Traits/ArrayQueryActionTrait.php b/Civi/Api4/Generic/Traits/ArrayQueryActionTrait.php
index fd515b9a4b71..f393739fc2a7 100644
--- a/Civi/Api4/Generic/Traits/ArrayQueryActionTrait.php
+++ b/Civi/Api4/Generic/Traits/ArrayQueryActionTrait.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ private function walkFilters($row, $filters) {
         return $result;
 
       default:
-        return $this->filterCompare($row, $filters);
+        return self::filterCompare($row, $filters);
     }
   }
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ private function walkFilters($row, $filters) {
    * @return bool
    * @throws \Civi\API\Exception\NotImplementedException
    */
-  private function filterCompare($row, $condition) {
+  public static function filterCompare($row, $condition) {
     if (!is_array($condition)) {
       throw new NotImplementedException('Unexpected where syntax; expecting array.');
     }
diff --git a/api/v3/utils.php b/api/v3/utils.php
index f0db7003173a..6e1ca06719ea 100644
--- a/api/v3/utils.php
+++ b/api/v3/utils.php
@@ -2472,12 +2472,42 @@ function _civicrm_api3_field_value_check(&$params, $fieldName, $type = NULL) {
  */
 function _civicrm_api3_basic_array_get($entity, $params, $records, $idCol, $filterableFields) {
   $options = _civicrm_api3_get_options_from_params($params, TRUE, $entity, 'get');
-  // TODO // $sort = CRM_Utils_Array::value('sort', $options, NULL);
   $offset = $options['offset'] ?? NULL;
   $limit = $options['limit'] ?? NULL;
 
+  $sort = !empty($options['sort']) ? explode(', ', $options['sort']) : NULL;
+  if ($sort) {
+    usort($records, function($a, $b) use ($sort) {
+      foreach ($sort as $field) {
+        [$field, $dir] = array_pad(explode(' ', $field), 2, 'asc');
+        $modifier = strtolower($dir) == 'asc' ? 1 : -1;
+        if (isset($a[$field]) && isset($b[$field])) {
+          if ($a[$field] == $b[$field]) {
+            continue;
+          }
+          return (strnatcasecmp($a[$field], $b[$field]) * $modifier);
+        }
+        elseif (isset($a[$field]) || isset($b[$field])) {
+          return ((isset($a[$field]) ? 1 : -1) * $modifier);
+        }
+      }
+      return 0;
+    });
+  }
+
   $matches = [];
 
+  $isMatch = function($record, $key, $searchValue) {
+    if (is_array($searchValue) && count($searchValue) === 1 && in_array(array_keys($searchValue)[0], CRM_Core_DAO::acceptedSQLOperators())) {
+      $operator = array_keys($searchValue)[0];
+      $searchValue = array_values($searchValue)[0];
+      return \Civi\Api4\Generic\Traits\ArrayQueryActionTrait::filterCompare($record, [$key, $operator, $searchValue]);
+    }
+    // Prior to supporting multiple search operators this function used the sloppy == comparison
+    // So for backward compatibility we'll continue to use it when no operator is explicitly given
+    return $searchValue == ($record[$key] ?? NULL);
+  };
+
   $currentOffset = 0;
   foreach ($records as $record) {
     if ($idCol != 'id') {
@@ -2488,7 +2518,7 @@ function _civicrm_api3_basic_array_get($entity, $params, $records, $idCol, $filt
       if ($k == 'id') {
         $k = $idCol;
       }
-      if (in_array($k, $filterableFields) && $record[$k] != $v) {
+      if (in_array($k, $filterableFields) && !$isMatch($record, $k, $v)) {
         $match = FALSE;
         break;
       }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/UtilsTest.php b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/UtilsTest.php
index f472f3c0b778..e108f5be63ed 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/api/v3/UtilsTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/api/v3/UtilsTest.php
@@ -376,16 +376,34 @@ public function basicArrayCases() {
 
     $cases[] = [
       $records,
-      ['version' => 3, 'cheese' => 'cheddar'],
+      ['version' => 3, 'cheese' => 'cheddar', 'options' => ['sort' => 'fruit desc']],
       ['b', 'c'],
     ];
 
+    $cases[] = [
+      $records,
+      ['version' => 3, 'cheese' => 'cheddar', 'options' => ['sort' => 'fruit']],
+      ['c', 'b'],
+    ];
+
     $cases[] = [
       $records,
       ['version' => 3, 'id' => 'd'],
       ['d'],
     ];
 
+    $cases[] = [
+      $records,
+      ['version' => 3, 'fruit' => ['!=' => 'apple']],
+      ['b'],
+    ];
+
+    $cases[] = [
+      $records,
+      ['version' => 3, 'cheese' => ['LIKE' => '%o%']],
+      ['d', 'e'],
+    ];
+
     return $cases;
   }
 
@@ -423,7 +441,9 @@ public function testBasicArrayGet($records, $params, $resultIds) {
     $this->assertEquals($resultIds, array_values(CRM_Utils_Array::collect('snack_id', $r2['values'])));
     $this->assertEquals($resultIds, array_values(CRM_Utils_Array::collect('id', $r2['values'])));
 
-    $r3 = $kernel->runSafe('Widget', 'get', $params + ['options' => ['offset' => 1, 'limit' => 2]]);
+    $params['options']['offset'] = 1;
+    $params['options']['limit'] = 2;
+    $r3 = $kernel->runSafe('Widget', 'get', $params);
     $slice = array_slice($resultIds, 1, 2);
     $this->assertEquals(count($slice), $r3['count']);
     $this->assertEquals($slice, array_values(CRM_Utils_Array::collect('snack_id', $r3['values'])));