How I can change the descending order by date, and the maximum number to 5 by default?

I'm trying the following code to the order but it ruins the pagination:

function _buildQueryOrderBy()
{
$order = array();
$pre_order = 'a.date_added DESC';

return parent::_buildQueryOrderBy($order, $pre_order);
}

Do it in the controller constructor :
You can also write it in the view, but you should create the namespace var before.

I cant find ths in my controller

$app->setUserState

How can I do that in my view?

thanks for your replay

So, put it at the end of the __construct() method.


In the view, it is not complicated, but $this->namespace is not initilizated.

Have a look in classes/jcontroller.php to understand how $this->namespace is initializated.

Works like a charm, but the pagination doesn't work

this is my code in the controller.php of my component:

$app->setUserState( $this->namespace . 'filter_order', 'fecha_edicion');
$app->setUserState( $this->namespace . 'filter_order_Dir', 'desc' );

Do I need to add more code?

Any news?