How do you get Criteria to work ????

How do you get Criteria to work ????

Created 7 years ago by kiltedup

I am trying in vain to get some custom Criteria to work - in vain as in 'failing miserably' !!!

The Streams plugin documentation states "Pro Tip: The entry criteria is extendable! To learn how to add your own functionality to queries refer to the criteria documentation." but I can't locate that.

I have been messing around trying a few things.

So I have the following test code while playing around :

class PlatformCriteria extends EntryCriteria
{
    public function descending()
    {
        $this->query->orderBy('created_at', 'DESC');
        return $this;
    }

    public function ascending()
    {
        $this->query->orderBy('created_at', 'ASC');
        return $this;
    }
}

And then in a twig I do this :

{% set platforms = entries('funding', 'platforms').ascending().get() %}
{% for platform in platforms %}
    <p>{{ platform.id }} : {{ platform.created_at }}</p>
{% endfor %}

{% set platforms = entries('funding', 'platforms').descending().get() %}
{% for platform in platforms %}
    <p>{{ platform.id }} : {{ platform.created_at }}</p>
{% endfor %}

Output from both is identical so the criteria is doing nothing.

Any tips on a) why the above would not work or b) what magic witchcraft is needed to make it work 😄

Cheers

Dave