2 files changed, 35 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tests/LinkFilterTest.php b/tests/LinkFilterTest.php
index d796d3a3..9cd6dbd4 100644
--- a/tests/LinkFilterTest.php
+++ b/tests/LinkFilterTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ require_once 'application/LinkFilter.php';
 class LinkFilterTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     /**
+     * @var string Test datastore path.
+     */
+    protected static $testDatastore = 'sandbox/datastore.php';
+    /**
      * @var LinkFilter instance.
      */
     protected static $linkFilter;
@@ -18,12 +22,19 @@ class LinkFilterTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     protected static $refDB;
 
     /**
+     * @var LinkDB instance
+     */
+    protected static $linkDB;
+
+    /**
      * Instanciate linkFilter with ReferenceLinkDB data.
      */
     public static function setUpBeforeClass()
     {
         self::$refDB = new ReferenceLinkDB();
-        self::$linkFilter = new LinkFilter(self::$refDB->getLinks());
+        self::$refDB->write(self::$testDatastore);
+        self::$linkDB = new LinkDB(self::$testDatastore, true, false);
+        self::$linkFilter = new LinkFilter(self::$linkDB);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/utils/ReferenceLinkDB.php b/tests/utils/ReferenceLinkDB.php
index f09eebc1..e887aa78 100644
--- a/tests/utils/ReferenceLinkDB.php
+++ b/tests/utils/ReferenceLinkDB.php
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ class ReferenceLinkDB
      */
     public function write($filename)
     {
+        $this->reorder();
         file_put_contents(
             $filename,
             '<?php /* '.base64_encode(gzdeflate(serialize($this->_links))).' */ ?>'
@@ -148,6 +149,27 @@ class ReferenceLinkDB
     }
 
     /**
+     * Reorder links by creation date (newest first).
+     *
+     * Also update the urls and ids mapping arrays.
+     *
+     * @param string $order ASC|DESC
+     */
+    public function reorder($order = 'DESC')
+    {
+        // backward compatibility: ignore reorder if the the `created` field doesn't exist
+        if (! isset(array_values($this->_links)[0]['created'])) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $order = $order === 'ASC' ? -1 : 1;
+        // Reorder array by dates.
+        usort($this->_links, function($a, $b) use ($order) {
+            return $a['created'] < $b['created'] ? 1 * $order : -1 * $order;
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Returns the number of links in the reference data
      */
     public function countLinks()
@@ -187,6 +209,7 @@ class ReferenceLinkDB
 
     public function getLinks()
     {
+        $this->reorder();
         return $this->_links;
     }