sortkey configuration doesn't work; entries are always sorted by creation date

[wataradio]

sortkey configuration doesn't work; entries are always sorted by creation date.

sortkey available options:

• creation date
• modification date
• page name
• page ID
• page tiltle

versions

Blog Plugin 2023-01-12
dokuwiki 2023-04-04 "Jack Jackrum"
PHP 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.11

[wataradio]

I checked blog plugin's helper.php and noticed helper_plugin_blog class's constructor is not called, so $this->sort valiable is empty.

helper.cpp

class helper_plugin_blog extends DokuWiki_Plugin {
    var $sort       = '';      // sort key
    function helper_plugin_blog() {
        // load sort key from settings
        $this->sort = $this->getConf('sortkey');
    }

By chagning the constructor as follows, sort valiable is set and entries are sorted expectedly with sortkey configuration.

class helper_plugin_blog extends DokuWiki_Plugin {
    var $sort       = '';      // sort key
    function __construct() {
        // load sort key from settings
        $this->sort = $this->getConf('sortkey');
    }

[fiwswe]

This is caused by a change in PHP 8.0.0. See: Other incompatible Changes

But to stay backward compatible for users still running PHP <8.0.0 and to avoid code duplication maybe just implement __construct like this:

    …
    function __construct() {
        $this->helper_plugin_blog();
    }
    …

[chrisisbd]

I'm still seeing this problem, I have the latest version of the blog plugin installed and it has the changed code as noted above.

I'm running on Debian 12 which has PHP version 8.2.

But if I have {{blog>blog?10&sortkey=pagename}} the blog files are sorted by creation date. No sort key seems to change anything.

[chrisisbd]

Further to the above, setting the sort key in Dokuwiki's "Configuration Settings" does work, but I can't seem to change the sort key using the blog syntax (as above) in a Dokuwiki page. Do I have the syntax right?

[chrisisbd]

Ah! I think the light has dawned (on me that is). The sortkey option can only be set in the "Configuration Settings", it's not available in the page syntax. That's a pity really, maybe I should ask for an enhancement.