update to forms and manuals upload dates

@@ -89,18 +89,49 @@ function resources_list($atts){
         'posts_per_page' => -1,
         'posts_per_page' => -1,
         'paged' => 1,
         'paged' => 1,
         'post_status' => 'any',
         'post_status' => 'any',
-        'order' => 'DESC',
-        'orderby' => 'rand',
+        // 'order' => 'DESC',
+        // 'orderby' => 'rand',
         'tax_query' => ['relation' => 'OR', $tax_queries],
         'tax_query' => ['relation' => 'OR', $tax_queries],
     );
     );
 
 
-    $custom_query = new \WP_Query($custom_args);
+    $custom_query = get_posts($custom_args);
+
+    usort($custom_query, function($a, $b) {
+
+      $adate = strtotime(get_post_meta($a->ID, 'searchwp_content_pdf_metadata', true)['CreationDate']);
+      $bdate = strtotime(get_post_meta($b->ID, 'searchwp_content_pdf_metadata', true)['CreationDate']);
+
+      if(empty($adate)) {
+        $adate = strtotime($a->post_date);
+      }
+
+      if(empty($bdate)) {
+        $bdate = strtotime($b->post_date);
+      } 
+
+      // if($a->ID == 69064) {
+      //   var_dump($adate);exit;
+      // }
+      
+  
+  
+      if($adate < $bdate) {
+        return 1;
+      } else if($adate > $bdate) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+
+
+    });
+
+
+
 
 
     $favs = get_user_meta(get_current_user_id(),'fav_resources',true);
     $favs = get_user_meta(get_current_user_id(),'fav_resources',true);
 
 
     ob_start(); 
     ob_start(); 
 
 
-      if ($custom_query->have_posts()):
+      if (!empty($custom_query)):
     ?>
     ?>
         <div class="course-list resources hidden">
         <div class="course-list resources hidden">
             <div class='quicksearch-wrapper'>
             <div class='quicksearch-wrapper'>
@@ -151,15 +182,16 @@ function resources_list($atts){
             <table id="resources" class='hidden'>
             <table id="resources" class='hidden'>
             <thead><tr><th class="hidden"></th><th></th><th class="hidden"></th></tr></thead>
             <thead><tr><th class="hidden"></th><th></th><th class="hidden"></th></tr></thead>
               <tbody>
               <tbody>
-                <?php while ($custom_query->have_posts()):
-                        $custom_query->the_post();  
+                <?php foreach ($custom_query as $post):
+                        
                         if(is_array($favs)) {
                         if(is_array($favs)) {
-                          $is_fav = in_array(get_the_ID(), $favs);
+                          $is_fav = in_array($post->ID, $favs);
                         } else {
                         } else {
                           $is_fav = false;
                           $is_fav = false;
                         }
                         }
-                          echo resources(get_the_ID(), $organized_term_filter, $is_fav);
-                      endwhile; ?>
+                
+                          echo resources($post->ID, $organized_term_filter, $is_fav);
+                      endforeach; ?>
               </tbody>          
               </tbody>          
             </table>
             </table>
 
 
@@ -242,6 +274,11 @@ function resources($id, $taxes, $is_fav = false){
   $updated_at = get_field('updated_at', $post->ID);
   $updated_at = get_field('updated_at', $post->ID);
   $is_new = get_field('is_new', $post->ID);
   $is_new = get_field('is_new', $post->ID);
 
 
+  $post_date = strtotime(get_post_meta($id, 'searchwp_content_pdf_metadata', true)['CreationDate']);
+  if(empty($post_date)) {
+    $post_date = strtotime($post->post_date);
+  }
+
   $categories = [];
   $categories = [];
   foreach($taxes as $tax => $val) {
   foreach($taxes as $tax => $val) {
     $terms = get_the_terms( $id, $tax );
     $terms = get_the_terms( $id, $tax );
@@ -281,7 +318,7 @@ function resources($id, $taxes, $is_fav = false){
     <?php } ?>
     <?php } ?>
   </td> 
   </td> 
   <td class="hidden"> <?php echo $cat; ?></td>
   <td class="hidden"> <?php echo $cat; ?></td>
-  <td class="hidden"><?php echo get_post_time('U',false, $id ); ?></td>
+  <td class="hidden"><?php echo $post_date; ?></td>
 </tr>
 </tr>
 <?php
 <?php
   $output = ob_get_clean();
   $output = ob_get_clean();