How to control order of relation query - symfony1

Question

Is there some magic in Symfony/doctrine with a model called JosVmOrderHistory?
I have this schema.yml excerpt:
JosVmOrder:
tableName: jos_vm_orders
columns:
order_id: { type: integer(4), primary: true, autoincrement: true }
user_id: { type: integer(4), notnull: true }
vendor_id: { type: integer(4), notnull: true }
order_number: { type: string(32), notnull: false }
user_info_id: { type: string(32), notnull: false }
order_total: { type: 'decimal(15, 5)', notnull: true }
order_subtotal: { type: 'decimal(15, 5)', notnull: false }
order_tax: { type: 'decimal(10, 2)', notnull: false }
order_tax_details: { type: string(), notnull: true }
order_shipping: { type: 'decimal(10, 2)', notnull: false }
order_shipping_tax: { type: 'decimal(10, 2)', notnull: false }
coupon_discount: { type: 'decimal(12, 2)', notnull: true }
coupon_code: { type: string(32), notnull: false }
order_discount: { type: 'decimal(12, 2)', notnull: true }
order_currency: { type: string(16), notnull: false }
order_status: { type: string(1), notnull: false }
cdate: { type: integer(4), notnull: false }
mdate: { type: integer(4), notnull: false }
ship_method_id: { type: string(255), notnull: false }
customer_note: { type: string(), notnull: true }
ip_address: { type: string(15), notnull: true }
relations:
User: { class: JosUser, local: user_id, foreignAlias: OrderList }
LatestVmOrderDetail: { class: LatestVmOrderDetail, local: order_id, foreign: order_id }
JosVmOrderHistory:
tableName: jos_vm_order_history
columns:
order_status_history_id: { type: integer(4),primary: true, autoincrement: true }
order_id: { type: integer(4) }
order_status_code: { type: string(1) }
date_added: { type: timestamp(25) }
customer_notified: { type: integer(4), notnull: false }
comments: { type: clob(16777777), notnull: false }
relations:
Order: { class: JosVmOrder, local: order_id, foreign: order_id }
OrderStatus: { class: JosVmOrderStatus, local: order_status_code, foreign: order_status_code }
Firstly, the foreignAlias of JosVmOrderHistory is "JosVmOrderHistory", not "JosVmOrderHistoryList" as I would have assumed.
Secondly, in model/doctrine/Order.class.php, I have the following function:
function getPaymentStatus(){
$historyList = $this->getJosVmOrderHistory();
if (count($historyList)){
return $paymentStatus = $historyList[0];
}else{
return $paymentStatus = null;
}
}
$historyList is always in descending order of order_status_history_id. I even added to model/doctrine/JosVmOrderHistoryTable.class.php:
public function createQuery($alias){
return parent::createQuery($alias)->orderBy('order_status_history_id asc');
}
but it stays in descending order..
Edit: I've updated the subject - this problem seems to come down to how to control the OrderBy of a relation query. createQuery doesn't seem to be called at all.

Answer 1

If you need this for speed reasons you shouldnt load the entire order history from the DB if you are just interested in the first one, instead use a query like:
function getPaymentStatus(){
$historyList = Doctrine::getTable('JosVmOrderHistory')->createQuery()->where('order_id = ?', $this->order_id)->orderBy('order_status_history_id')->limit(1)->execute();
if (count($historyList)){
return $paymentStatus = $historyList[0];
}else{
return $paymentStatus = null;
}
}
That being said, it is possible to automatically affect the sorting more like what you were trying to do by using a listener. In the past, I have created a generic sort behavior that you can use like:
actAs:
DefaultSort: { column: title }