SportsPress - Timeline Fix

event-timeline-vertical.php

<?php

/**
 * Custom sorting function for timeline elements.
 * 
 * 
 * ## The Problem
 * 
 * When many timeline elements have the same minute(e.g, a goal and an assist
 * both at 33'), they're thrown on the timeline in a random order are sorted.
 * This custom sorting function fixes this problem. It sorts the elements based on
 * the performance columns menu orders.
 * 
 * ## How to use
 * 
 * Override the timeline template(s) you're intereted in and add this code after
 * the line that says `$timeline = $event->timeline( false, true );`.
 */
usort($timeline, function ($a, $b) {

	if ($a['time'] != $b['time']) {
		return $a['time'] > $b['time'];
	}

	static $performance = [];
	$a_key = $a['key'];
	$b_key = $b['key'];

	if (empty($performance[$a_key])) {
		$performance[$a_key] = get_posts([
			'post_type' => 'sp_performance',
			'name' => $a_key,
		])[0];
	}

	if (empty($performance[$b_key])) {
		$performance[$b_key] = get_posts([
			'post_type' => 'sp_performance',
			'name' => $b_key,
		])[0];
	}

	return $performance[$a_key]->menu_order < $performance[$b_key]->menu_order;
});