[Block] recent block that orders from newest to oldest topic...

[Gazimaluke]

...and not from topic with newest post and down. Im using a php block now with a code I found. But as I have reviews on my site I just want them to be orderd from newest topic to oldest.

This is what I use, its a bit modified from what I found. It seams I need to remove the codes ability to sort by newest post so it just sorts by newest topic. But I wouldnt just do trial and error, and I thought asking here may save me some time.

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global $context, $settings, $scripturl, $txt, $db_prefix, $ID_MEMBER;
global $user_info, $modSettings, $func;

$num_recent = 10;
$include_boards = array(24);

  $include_boards = empty($include_boards) ? array() : $include_boards;

  $stable_icons = array('xx', 'thumbup', 'thumbdown', 'exclamation', 'question', 'lamp', 'smiley', 'angry', 'cheesy', 'grin', 'sad', 'wink', 'moved', 'recycled', 'wireless');
  $icon_sources = array();
  foreach ($stable_icons as $icon)
    $icon_sources[$icon] = 'images_url';

// Find all the posts in distinct topics.  Newer ones will have higher IDs.
  $request = db_query("
SELECT
m.posterTime, ms.subject, m.ID_TOPIC, t.numReplies, m.ID_MEMBER, m.ID_MSG, b.ID_BOARD, b.name AS bName,
IFNULL(mem.realName, m.posterName) AS posterName, " . ($user_info['is_guest'] ? '1 AS isRead, 0 AS new_from' : '
IFNULL(lt.ID_MSG, IFNULL(lmr.ID_MSG, 0)) >= m.ID_MSG_MODIFIED AS isRead,
IFNULL(lt.ID_MSG, IFNULL(lmr.ID_MSG, -1)) + 1 AS new_from') . ", LEFT(m.body, 384) AS body, m.smileysEnabled, m.icon
FROM ({$db_prefix}messages AS m, {$db_prefix}topics AS t, {$db_prefix}boards AS b, {$db_prefix}messages AS ms)
LEFT JOIN {$db_prefix}members AS mem ON (mem.ID_MEMBER = m.ID_MEMBER)" . (!$user_info['is_guest'] ? "
LEFT JOIN {$db_prefix}log_topics AS lt ON (lt.ID_TOPIC = t.ID_TOPIC AND lt.ID_MEMBER = $ID_MEMBER)
LEFT JOIN {$db_prefix}log_mark_read AS lmr ON (lmr.ID_BOARD = b.ID_BOARD AND lmr.ID_MEMBER = $ID_MEMBER)" : '') . "
WHERE t.ID_LAST_MSG >= " . ($modSettings['maxMsgID'] - 35 * min($num_recent, 5)) . "
AND t.ID_LAST_MSG = m.ID_MSG
                        AND b.ID_BOARD = t.ID_BOARD" . (empty($include_boards) ? '' : "
AND b.ID_BOARD IN (" . implode(', ', $include_boards) . ")") . "
" . ((!empty($modSettings['recycle_enable']) && $modSettings['recycle_board'] > 0) ? "
AND b.ID_BOARD != '$modSettings[recycle_board]'" : '') . "
AND $user_info[query_see_board]
AND ms.ID_MSG = t.ID_FIRST_MSG
ORDER BY t.ID_LAST_MSG DESC
LIMIT $num_recent", __FILE__, __LINE__);
  $posts = array();
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($request))
  {
    $row['body'] = strip_tags(strtr(parse_bbc($row['body'], $row['smileysEnabled'], $row['ID_MSG']), array('<br />' => '
')));
    if ($func['strlen']($row['body']) > 128)
      $row['body'] = $func['substr']($row['body'], 0, 128) . '...';

// Censor the subject.
      censorText($row['subject']);
      censorText($row['body']);

      if (empty($modSettings['messageIconChecks_disable']) && !isset($icon_sources[$row['icon']]))
        $icon_sources[$row['icon']] = file_exists($settings['theme_dir'] . '/images/post/' . $row['icon'] . '.gif') ? 'images_url' : 'default_images_url';

// Build the array.
$result[] = array(
                        'board' => array(
                                                'id' => $row['ID_BOARD'],
                                                'name' => $row['bName'],
                                                'href' => $scripturl . '?board=' . $row['ID_BOARD'] . '.0',
                                                'link' => '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?board=' . $row['ID_BOARD'] . '.0">' . $row['bName'] . '</a>'
),
                        'topic' => array(
'id' => $row['ID_TOPIC'],
'views' => $row['numViews'],
'replies' => $row['numReplies'],
),
                                                'poster' => array(
                                                'id' => $row['ID_MEMBER'],
                                                'name' => $row['posterName'],
                                                'href' => empty($row['ID_MEMBER']) ? '' : $scripturl . '?action=profile;u=' . $row['ID_MEMBER'],
                                                'link' => empty($row['ID_MEMBER']) ? $row['posterName'] : '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=profile;u=' . $row['ID_MEMBER'] . '">' . $row['posterName'] . '</a>'
       ),
                        'subject' => $row['subject'],
                        'short_subject' => shorten_subject($row['subject'], 25),
                        'preview' => $row['body'],
                        'time' => timeformat($row['posterTime']),
                        'timestamp' => forum_time(true, $row['posterTime']),
                        'href' => $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . '.msg' . $row['ID_MSG'] . ';topicseen',
                        'link' => '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?topic=' . $row['ID_TOPIC'] . '.msg' . $row['ID_MSG'] . '">' . $row['subject'] . '</a>',
                        'new' => !empty($row['isRead']),
                        'new_from' => $row['new_from'],
                        'icon' => '<img src="' . $settings[$icon_sources[$row['icon']]] . '/post/' . $row['icon'] . '.gif" align="middle" alt="' . $row['icon'] . '" border="0" />',
);
}

mysql_free_result($request);

// Print out the results
  echo'<font size="1">','<b>';
foreach($result as $my){
  echo "$bullet";
  echo'<img src="http://spelsinne.net/sense/images/dot.png">';
  echo '<span class="smallertext">'.$my['link'],' ';
     // is this topic new? (assume they are logged in)
  if (!$my['new'] && $context['user']['is_logged'])
  echo '
    <a href="', $scripturl, '?topic=', $my['topic'], '.from', $my['newtime'], '">
    <img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/', $context['user']['language'], '/new.gif" alt="', $txt[302], '" border="0" /></a>';
  echo '</span>';
  echo '</font>','</b>','<br>';
}

[JPDeni]

Try this. Change

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ORDER BY t.ID_LAST_MSG DESC


to

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ORDER BY t.ID_FIRST_MSG DESC


[Gazimaluke]

Thanks 

[JPDeni]

Any time!