From 4c8f5f20f7de259847c88823567a96cca42254db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Demangeat <nicolas.demangeat@ldc.fr>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:53:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: :bug: add a default behavior in sortQuery method in
 Controller.php to have the query orderByDesc if no query string

---
 app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php | 17 ++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
index 5686abc..5c92252 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php
@@ -216,13 +216,16 @@ class Controller extends BaseController
             Session::remove("$rName.sort_col");
             Session::remove("$rName.sort_way");
         }
-        if (request()->sort_col and request()->sort_way and Schema::hasColumn($table, request()->sort_col)) {
-            if (
-                !isset($ignore) or
-                (isset($ignore) and !in_array(request()->sort_col, $ignore))
-            ) {
-                $query = $query->orderBy(\sprintf("$table.%s", request()->sort_col), request()->sort_way);
-            }
+        if (
+            request()->sort_col &&
+            request()->sort_way &&
+            Schema::hasColumn($table, request()->sort_col) &&
+            (!isset($ignore) || (isset($ignore) && !in_array(request()->sort_col, $ignore)))
+        ) {
+            $query = $query->orderBy("$table." . request()->sort_col, request()->sort_way);
+        } else {
+            // Else, orderByDesc by default.
+            $query = $query->orderByDesc("$table.created_at");
         }
         return $query;
     }