<?php

// LatestBlogPost Widget 0.0.1 for the SilverStripe Blog Module
// 07.06.2009
// By nivanka@whynotonline.com
// Save this and LatestBlogPost.ss to widget_latestblogpost/ and run "db/build".

class LatestBlogPost extends Widget{

   static $title = "Latest News";
   static $cmsTitle = "Latest News";
   static $description = "With this plugin you can show up the latest blog post from any blog set up on your website.";

   static $db = array(
      "Blog" => "Int",
      "NumberOfPosts" => "Int",
   );

   //get the wanted data from the user
   function getCMSFields(){
      
      $blogs = DataObject::get('BlogHolder');
      $blogsDD = array();
      foreach($blogs as $blog)      
         $blogsDD[$blog->ID] = $blog->Title;

      return new FieldSet(
         new DropdownField("Blog", "Select a Blog", $blogsDD, $this->Blog ),
         new NumericField("NumberOfPosts", "Number of Posts")   
      );

   }

   //get the blog posts as the parameters provided
   function blogPosts(){
      $posts = DataObject::get('BlogEntry', 'ParentID = ' . $this->Blog, 'Date DESC', $this->numberOfPosts);
      return $posts;
   }

}

?>