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Diffstat (limited to 'engine/lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | engine/lib/elgglib.php | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | engine/lib/entities.php | 9 |
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/engine/lib/elgglib.php b/engine/lib/elgglib.php index 12560308e..7ebf918b7 100644 --- a/engine/lib/elgglib.php +++ b/engine/lib/elgglib.php @@ -1659,6 +1659,30 @@ function css_page_handler($page) { } /** + * Reverses the ordering in an ORDER BY clause. This is achived by replacing + * asc with desc, or appending desc to the end of the clause. + * + * This is used mostly for elgg_get_entities() and other similar functions. + * + * @access private + * @param string $order_by An order by clause + */ +function elgg_sql_reverse_order_by_clause($order_by) { + $order_by = strtolower($order_by); + + if (strpos($order_by, ' asc') !== false) { + $return = str_replace(' asc', ' desc', $order_by); + } elseif (strpos($order_by, ' desc') !== false) { + $return = str_replace(' desc', ' asc', $order_by); + } else { + // no order specified, so default to desc since mysql defaults to asc + $return = $order_by . ' desc'; + } + + return $return; +} + +/** * Intercepts the index page when Walled Garden mode is enabled. * * @link http://docs.elgg.org/Tutorials/WalledGarden diff --git a/engine/lib/entities.php b/engine/lib/entities.php index 4a1e496ec..7ab25de88 100644 --- a/engine/lib/entities.php +++ b/engine/lib/entities.php @@ -708,6 +708,8 @@ function get_entity($guid) { * * order_by => NULL (time_created desc)|STR SQL order by clause * + * reverse_order_by => BOOL Reverse the default order by clause + * * limit => NULL (10)|INT SQL limit clause * * offset => NULL (0)|INT SQL offset clause @@ -755,6 +757,7 @@ function elgg_get_entities(array $options = array()) { 'created_time_lower' => ELGG_ENTITIES_ANY_VALUE, 'created_time_upper' => ELGG_ENTITIES_ANY_VALUE, + 'reverse_order_by' => false, 'order_by' => 'e.time_created desc', 'group_by' => ELGG_ENTITIES_ANY_VALUE, 'limit' => 10, @@ -860,6 +863,12 @@ function elgg_get_entities(array $options = array()) { // Add access controls $query .= get_access_sql_suffix('e'); + + // reverse order by + if ($options['reverse_order_by']) { + $options['order_by'] = elgg_sql_reverse_order_by_clause($options['order_by']); + } + if (!$options['count']) { if ($options['group_by'] = sanitise_string($options['group_by'])) { $query .= " GROUP BY {$options['group_by']}"; |