I'm using "get_results" in WordPress for the first time and need to order the results by date. What I've got so far is:
$wpdb->get_results( "SELECT * FROM asi_posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' AND YEAR(post_date) = '" . $year->year . "'" );
This works fine in retrieving the posts, although it displays them with the oldest at the top of the list, instead of the most recent.
What's the correct syntax that I should be using in that query to reverse the order?
Thanks.
In case it's more useful, here's the full code:
<?php
// Get years that have posts
$years = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT YEAR(post_date) AS year FROM asi_posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' GROUP BY year DESC" );
// For each year, do the following
foreach ( $years as $year ) {
// Get all posts for the year
$posts_this_year = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT * FROM asi_posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' AND YEAR(post_date) = '" . $year->year . "'" );
// Display the year as a header
echo '<div class="year-header-block">';
echo '<button class="btn-year-reveal">View</button>';
echo '<h3>' . $year->year . ' Industry News & Comment</h3>';
echo '</div>';
// Start an unorder list
echo '<ul class="no-list yearly-archive-list">';
// For each post for that year, do the following
foreach ( $posts_this_year as $post ) {
// Display the title as a hyperlinked list item
echo '<li><a href="' . get_permalink($post->ID) . '"><span class="news-title">' . $post->post_title . '</span><span class="news-date">' . get_the_time('F j, Y', $post->ID) . '</span></a></li>';
}
// End the unordered list
echo '</ul>';
}
?>
You should ORDER BY xxx ASC
instead of DESC
to get the oldest first as follows:
$years = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT YEAR(post_date) AS year FROM asi_posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' GROUP BY post_date ASC" );
Also, if you want to order the other query, it should look like this:
$wpdb->get_results( "SELECT * FROM asi_posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' AND YEAR(post_date) = '" . $year->year . "' ORDER BY post_date ASC" );
Note: by default SQL always orders ascendantly, so you can remove the instruction ASC. But if you want it order older first you replace ASC for DESC.
We can do it in 2 ways.
From your code.
Change the below code
// Get all posts for the year
$posts_this_year = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT * FROM asi_posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' AND YEAR(post_date) = '" . $year->year . "'" );
to the following code.
// Get all posts for the year
$posts_this_year = $wpdb->get_results( "SELECT * FROM asi_posts WHERE
post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish' AND
YEAR(post_date) = '" . $year->year . "' ORDER BY post_date DESC" );
Other Solution:
Create a new function posts_by_year in your theme's function.php file.
function posts_by_year() {
// array to use for results
$years = array();
// get posts from WP
$posts = get_posts(array(
'numberposts' => -1,
'orderby' => 'post_date',
'order' => 'DESC',
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_status' => 'publish'
));
// loop through posts, populating $years arrays
foreach($posts as $post) {
$years[date('Y', strtotime($post->post_date))][] = $post;
}
// reverse sort by year
krsort($years);
return $years;
}
and call the below code in your template.
<?php foreach(posts_by_year() as $year => $posts) : ?>
<h2><?php echo $year; ?></h2>
<ul>
<?php foreach($posts as $post) : setup_postdata($post); ?>
<li>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<?php endforeach; ?>