Joomla! Documentation™

The "API16" namespace is an archived namespace. This page contains information for a Joomla! version which is no longer supported. It exists only as a historical reference, it will not be improved and its content may be incomplete and/or contain broken links.

Description

Returns an array of options

<! removed transcluded page call, red link never existed >

Syntax

static genericordering($sql, $chop= '30')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$sql		$sql SQL with ordering As value and 'name field' AS text
$chop	'30'	$chop The length of the truncated headline

Returns

array An array of objects formatted for list processing

Defined in

libraries/joomla/html/html/list.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.html.html.list' );

Source Body

public static function genericordering($sql, $chop = '30')
{
        $db = &JFactory::getDbo();
        $options        = array();
        $db->setQuery($sql);

        $items = $db->loadObjectList();

        // Check for a database error.
        if ($db->getErrorNum()) {
                JError::raiseNotice(500, $db->getErrorMsg());
                return false;
        }

        if (empty($items)) {
                $options[] = JHtml::_('select.option',  1, JText::_('JOption_Order_First'));
                return $options;
        }

        $options[] = JHtml::_('select.option',  0, '0 '. JText::_('JOption_Order_First'));
        for ($i=0, $n=count($items); $i < $n; $i++)
        {
                if (JString::strlen($items[$i]->text) > $chop) {
                        $text = JString::substr($items[$i]->text,0,$chop)."...";
                } else {
                        $text = $items[$i]->text;
                }

                $options[] = JHtml::_('select.option',  $items[$i]->value, $items[$i]->value.' ('.$text.')');
        }
        $options[] = JHtml::_('select.option',  $items[$i-1]->value+1, ($items[$i-1]->value+1).' '. JText::_('JOption_Order_Last'));

        return $options;
}

<! removed transcluded page call, red link never existed >

Examples

<CodeExamplesForm />