Archive view sort method

Barbara

Right now in archive view looks like all the files are sorted by name. How can I change this to filemtime?

acrylian

What archive view?

Barbara

The link near the rss feed in the default theme for example, this one http://site.com/zenphoto/page/archive
There's a list with all the months and the number of the photos uploaded.
When I click on the month the photos are sorted by name, I would like to have them sorted by the time of the upload.

sbillard

That view is produced by the search.php script. You would have to change the `next_image()` function to pass in the sorttype and direction. See the functions guide for detils. If you want to do this only for these date searches, you will have to make the parameters conditional on the search being that kind. (`isset($_REQUEST['date'])`)

Barbara

Just an attempt cause I know nothing about php. I changed
`<?php while (next_image(false, $firstPageImages)): $c++;?>`
to
`
<?php
if (isset($_REQUEST['date'])) {
while (next_image(false, $firstPageImages, mtime, image_sortdirection)): $c++;
} else {
while (next_image(false, $firstPageImages)): $c++;
}
?>
`
Of course, it's not working. Can you help a bit? Thanks.

sbillard

Well, you have to pass a string for the sort type and direction so it would be `"mtime"` and `"DESC"` if you want descending otherwise just leave out the parameter.

Plus, you can't put a part of a loop in an if statement. So our if statement should setup say `$sorttype` and `$sortdirection` Then pass these as parameters in the original loop.

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Barbara

Thank you! It does not appear to be working, though. The images are still sorted by name...

sbillard

Seems that the serarch class did not implement the passing of sorttype and direction. But don't dispair. It will be there in tonight's build.

Barbara

Thank you! Works like a charm.

sbillard

Glad to help