Restructure the sort order to maintain the sort column and sort order

as two separate columns in the item table.

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/core/controllers/albums.php b/core/controllers/albums.php
index 96a6f401..2a55ecac 100644
--- a/core/controllers/albums.php
+++ b/core/controllers/albums.php
@@ -50,13 +50,11 @@ class Albums_Controller extends Items_Controller {
       url::redirect("albums/$album->id?page=$max_pages");
     }
 
-    $sort_order = $album->sort_column;
-    $sort_order = !empty($sort_order) ? unserialize($sort_order) : $sort_order;
-
     $template = new Theme_View("page.html", "album");
     $template->set_global("page_size", $page_size);
     $template->set_global("item", $album);
-    $template->set_global("children", $album->viewable()->children($page_size, $offset, $sort_order));
+    $template->set_global("children", $album->viewable()->children($page_size, $offset,
+                                                  array($album->sort_column => $album->sort_order)));
     $template->set_global("children_count", $children_count);
     $template->set_global("parents", $album->parents());
     $template->content = new View("album.html");
@@ -156,13 +154,9 @@ class Albums_Controller extends Items_Controller {
       $orig = clone $album;
       $album->title = $form->edit_album->title->value;
       $album->description = $form->edit_album->description->value;
-      $sort_column = $form->edit_album->sort_order->column->value;
-      if (!empty($sort_column)) {
-        $album->sort_column = serialize(array($sort_column =>
-                                              $form->edit_album->sort_order->direction->value));
-      } else {
-        $album->sort_column = null;
-      }
+      $album->sort_column = $form->edit_album->sort_order->column->value;
+      $album->sort_order = $form->edit_album->sort_order->direction->value;
+      
       $album->save();
 
       module::event("item_updated", $orig, $album);
diff --git a/core/helpers/album.php b/core/helpers/album.php
index 72008cd5..ecb8b5ff 100644
--- a/core/helpers/album.php
+++ b/core/helpers/album.php
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ class album_Core {
     $album->thumb_dirty = 1;
     $album->resize_dirty = 1;
     $album->rand_key = ((float)mt_rand()) / (float)mt_getrandmax();
+    $album->sort_column = "id";
+    $album->sort_order = "ASC";
 
     while (ORM::factory("item")
            ->where("parent_id", $parent->id)
@@ -85,31 +87,24 @@ class album_Core {
     }
     $group->input("title")->label(t("Title"))->value($parent->title);
     $group->textarea("description")->label(t("Description"))->value($parent->description);
+
     $sort_order = $group->group("sort_order", array("id" => "gAlbumSortOrder"))
       ->label(t("Sort Order"));
-    $sort_column = $parent->sort_column;
-    if (!empty($sort_column)) {
-      $sort_column = unserialize($sort_column);
-      $columns = array_keys($sort_column);
-      $sort_direction = $sort_column[$columns[0]];
-      $sort_column = $columns[0];
-    } else {
-      list ($sort_column, $sort_direction) = array("", "ASC");
-    }
+
     $sort_order->dropdown("column", array("id" => "gAlbumSortColumn"))
       ->label(t("Sort by"))
-      ->options(array("" => t("select a column"),
+      ->options(array("id" => t("select a column"),
                       "created" => t("Creation Date"),
                       "title" => t("Title"),
                       "updated" => t("Updated Date"),
                       "view_count" => t("Number of views"),
                       "rand_key" => t("Random")))
-      ->selected($sort_column);
+      ->selected($parent->sort_column);
     $sort_order->dropdown("direction", array("id" => "gAlbumSortDirection"))
       ->label(t("Order"))
       ->options(array("ASC" => t("Ascending"),
                       "DESC" => t("Descending")))
-      ->selected($sort_direction);
+      ->selected($parent->sort_order);
     $group->hidden("type")->value("album");
     $group->submit("")->value(t("Modify"));
     $form->add_rules_from(ORM::factory("item"));
diff --git a/core/helpers/core_installer.php b/core/helpers/core_installer.php
index bee06181..706ff548 100644
--- a/core/helpers/core_installer.php
+++ b/core/helpers/core_installer.php
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class core_installer {
                    `width` int(9) default NULL,
                    `rand_key` float default NULL,
                    `sort_column` varchar(64) default NULL,
+                   `sort_order` char(4) default 'ASC',
                    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
                    KEY `parent_id` (`parent_id`),
                    KEY `type` (`type`),