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-rw-r--r--engine/lib/elgglib.php24
-rw-r--r--engine/lib/entities.php9
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']}";