xPDOQuery.sortby

xPDOQuery::sortby¶

Add an ORDER BY clause to the query.

Syntax¶

API Docs: xPDOQuery::sortby()

xPDOQuery sortby (string $column, [string $direction = 'ASC'])

Example¶

Get all the Box objects sorted by name.

$query = $xpdo->newQuery('Box');
$query->sortby('name','ASC');
$boxes = $xpdo->getCollection('Box',$query);

You can sort by a random order by referencing 'RAND()':

$query = $xpdo->newQuery('Box');
$query->sortby('RAND()');
$boxes = $xpdo->getCollection('Box',$query);

Likewise, you can pass any valid database function to the sortby method, e.g. 'FIELD()' to dictate a specific order for your results:

$query = $xpdo->newQuery('modResource');
$query->sortby('FIELD(modResource.id, 4,7,2,5,1 )');
$boxes = $xpdo->getCollection('modResource',$query);

See Also¶

• xPDOQuery