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Have been looking for way to sort foreign key records in Symfony 1.4 for few days. I’ve a staff table with a foreign key to comments. Whenever i call the StaffTable->getComments() the records return is not in alphabetical order. Finally i found some helpful tips from a forum (sorry i lost the forum url), and i manage to sort foreign key record with just a line of code. 🙂

To sort foreign key record in Symfony 1.4, follow the steps below:-

• Open the file lib/model/doctrine/base/BaseStaff.class.php and look for the function name ‘setUp‘ and look for this:-

   $this->hasMany('Comment', array(
           'local' => 'staff_id',
           'foreign' => 'comment_id',
           'onDelete' => 'setnull'));
  

  Copy it and follow the next step.

• go to lib/model/doctrine/Staff.class.php
• Create a function as below:-

   public function setUp() {
      parent::setUp();
      $this->hasMany('Comment', array(
  			'local' => 'staff_id',
  			'foreign' => 'comment_id',
  			'orderBy' => 'created_at',
  			'onDelete' => 'setnull'));));        
   }
  

• Now refresh the page and you should see your record being sorted according to created_at time

Tags: symfony, symfony foreign key, symfony foreign key sort, symfony sort foreign key

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