How to sort Ditto output by document ID using &documents?

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atype Reply #1, 14 years ago

Hi, can anyone help me out with this (hopefully) simple one? I’m using modx version 1.0.2.

I’d like to sort selected documents that I have specified using the &documents parameter, but they must be output in the order they are listed. I just can’t find the right orderBy value.

[!Ditto? &tpl=`officeTplNoLink` &parents=`7` &orderBy=`pagetitle ASC` &documents=`40,46,47,35,36,37,44,41,43,49,48,50,54,53`!]

Or can anyone point me to a list of Ditto parameter values (not just the parameters themselves?)

Thanks in advance.

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MadeMyDay Reply #2, 14 years ago

Create an extender in assets/snippets/ditto/extenders/ with name customsort.extender.inc.php and the following content:

<?php

if (!function_exists('customsort'))
{
function customsort($a, $b)
{
$pos_a=array_search($a['id'],$GLOBALS['documents']);
$pos_b=array_search($b['id'],$GLOBALS['documents']);

if ($pos_a == $pos_b)
{
return 0;
}
return ($pos_a < $pos_b)?-1:1;
}
}

$GLOBALS['documents']=explode(',',$documents);
$orderBy["custom"][] = array ("id", "customsort");
$ditto->advSort = true;

?>

Call Ditto like this:

[!Ditto? &tpl=`officeTplNoLink` &parents=`7` &extenders=`customsort` &documents=`40,46,47,35,36,37,44,41,43,49,48,50,54,53`!]

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atype Reply #3, 14 years ago

That’s awesome, it works perfectly – thanks!

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ganeshXL Reply #4, 13 years, 7 months ago

Found this old thread when looking for the exact same thing. Thanks, that extender works a treat!

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studio24 Reply #5, 13 years, 3 months ago

Brilliant

Thanks for this too... just used it and it works perfectly!

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ysanmiguel Reply #6, 12 years, 10 months ago

AMAZING mate, thank you very much!!! grin

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inixon Reply #7, 11 years, 7 months ago

Thanks! Great extender! )

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distant_smile Reply #8, 10 years, 11 months ago

Hi, just to tag onto this thread. I am trying to get an orderBy call that will order documents by their title. For instance if their title holds a word the same as the current page, they are at the front of the results (basically I am trying to do like a related articles type thing!). I know with Ajax you have a &rank parameter, any ideas how to achieve a similar thing with ditto?

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www.Borntobrick.co.uk

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distant_smile Reply #9, 10 years, 11 months ago

Hi, just to tag onto this thread. I am trying to get an orderBy call that will order documents by their title. For instance if their title holds a word the same as the current page, they are at the front of the results (basically I am trying to do like a related articles type thing!). I know with Ajax you have a &rank parameter, any ideas how to achieve a similar thing with ditto?

www.PawsForWildlife.co.uk
www.Borntobrick.co.uk