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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.

And you cant change the order in the admin?

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'.

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...

It does display:

parent
- child
- child
parent
- child
- child

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

Aparent
- Achild
- Bchild
Cparent
- Ychild
- Zchild

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

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

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.

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);

};

?>

You tried the latest release?

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