function _forum_get_topic_order

Gets topic sorting information based on an integer code.

Parameters

$sortby: One of the following integers indicating the sort criteria:

• 1: Date - newest first.
• 2: Date - oldest first.
• 3: Posts with the most comments first.
• 4: Posts with the least comments first.

Return value

An array with the following values:

• field: A field for an SQL query.
• sort: 'asc' or 'desc'.

File

modules/forum/forum.module, line 1317

Code

function _forum_get_topic_order($sortby) {
    switch ($sortby) {
        case 1:
            return array(
                'field' => 'f.last_comment_timestamp',
                'sort' => 'desc',
            );
            break;
        case 2:
            return array(
                'field' => 'f.last_comment_timestamp',
                'sort' => 'asc',
            );
            break;
        case 3:
            return array(
                'field' => 'f.comment_count',
                'sort' => 'desc',
            );
            break;
        case 4:
            return array(
                'field' => 'f.comment_count',
                'sort' => 'asc',
            );
            break;
    }
}