CompanyDirectory: browsehier action does not sort A-Z

[Quintijn]

CMSMS 1.11.4
CompanyDirectory 1.16.2

Question: How to sort the browsehier output alphabetically?

Example: {CompanyDirectory action="categorylist"} does sort A-Z, but {CompanyDirectory action="browsehier"} doesn't.

I like to sort it (automatically) like this:

A
- A
- B
- C
B
- X
- Z

At this moment you need to add hierarchy items exactly right, or start all over again

Please help.

[Rolf]

And you cant change the order in the admin?

[Quintijn]

The only option available (in my case) is to add or remove parents or children from the hierarchy list. Everything seems to be sorted at 'auto increment ID'.

[Rolf]

I looks like correct to me when it displays:
parent
child
child
child
parent
child
child
child
What template do you use? Don't know if you could something there with some Smarty tricks...

[Quintijn]

It does display:

parent
- child
- child
parent
- child
- child

But it doesn't order A-Z, like:

Aparent
- Achild
- Bchild
Cparent
- Ychild
- Zchild

[Quintijn]

I tried to sort the array with a SMARTY modifier script in PHP...

<?php

#
# Modifier: sortby - allows arrays of named arrays to be sorted by a given field
#

function smarty_modifier_sortby($data) {

usort($data, function($a, $b){
$a = strnatcmp($a['node']['name']);
$b = strnatcmp($b['node']['name']);

if ($a == $b) {
return 0;
}
return ($a > $b) ? -1 : 1;
});

print_r($data);

};

?>

It still doesn't sort. Maybe it has to do something with the multidimensional array depth.

Someone with a fresh view, please

[Rolf]

Try https://www.cmscanbesimple.org/blog/sort-array-modifier

[Quintijn]

No results. Maybe the multidimensional output does the harm.

Array ( [00001] => Array ( [00002] => Array ( [node] => Array ( [id] => 2
[name] => Bedum
[parent_id] => 1 [hierarchy] => 00001.00002
[long_name] => Groningen | Bedum
[count] => 0
[depth] => 2
[url] => http://alink
)
)
[00003] => Array ( [node] => Array ( [id] => 3
[name] => Zuidwolde
[parent_id] => 1
[hierarchy] => 00001.00003
[long_name] => Groningen | Zuidwolde
[count] => 0 [depth] => 2
[url] => http://alink
)
)
[00007] => Array ( [node] => Array ( [id] => 7
[name] => AAA
[parent_id] => 1
[hierarchy] => 00001.00007
[long_name] => Groningen | AAA
[count] => 0
[depth] => 2
[url] => http://alink
)
)
)
)


Try to sort by name.

[Quintijn]

This script sorts the child arrays by name, but strips the first parent arrays. The question is, how to get the parent arrays in order and working again?

<?php

#
# Modifier: sortby - allows arrays of named arrays to be sorted by a given field
#


function smarty_modifier_sortby($data) {

$nodes = array();

// Strips the parent arrays..

foreach($data as $arrayA) {
foreach($arrayA as $arrayB) {
$nodes[] = $arrayB;
}
}

function cmp($a, $b) {
return strcmp($a[node][name], $b[node][name]);
}

usort($nodes, 'cmp');

print_r($nodes);

};

?>

[Rolf]

You tried the latest release?

[calguy1000]

New versions of CompanyDirectory have the ability to re-order the hierarchy in the admin panel.