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get_research_requests()

Description

Retrieves research requests from the database, optionally filtering by a search term
and sorting the results by a specified field.

Parameters

ColumnTypeDefaultDescription
$find string "" Optional search term to filter research requests by name, description, contact, or reference number.
$order_by string "name" The field to sort the results by. Valid options are 'ref', 'name', 'created', 'status', or 'assigned_to'.
$sort string "ASC" The sort direction, either 'ASC' or 'DESC'. Defaults to 'ASC'.

Return

array An array of research requests that match the search criteria.

Location

include/research_functions.php lines 111 to 130

Definition

 
function get_research_requests($find="",$order_by="name",$sort="ASC")
    {
    $searchsql="";
    $use_order_by = "";
    $use_sort = validate_sort_value($sort) ? $sort : 'ASC';
    $parameters=array();
    if ($find!="") {
        $searchsql="WHERE name like ? or description like ? or contact like ? or ref=?"; 
        $parameters=array("s","%{$find}%", "s","%{$find}%", "s","%{$find}%", "i",(int)$find);
    }
    if (in_array($order_by, array("ref","name","created","status","assigned_to","collection")))
        {
        $use_order_by = $order_by;      
        }

    return ps_query("select " . columns_in("research_request","r") . ",(select username from user u where u.ref=r.user) username, 
        (select username from user u where u.ref=r.assigned_to) assigned_username from research_request r 
        $searchsql 
        order by $use_order_by $use_sort", $parameters);
    }

This article was last updated 4th December 2024 08:35 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 8th November 2024 12:05 Europe/London time.