fix: controller fix for query search

note: need to be tested on rebuilt docker image

src/app/controllers/RecipeController.php

@@ -393,6 +393,14 @@ class RecipeController extends Controller implements ControllerInterface {
                     $searchQuery["page"] = $_GET["page"];
                     }
 
+                    if(isset($_GET["sort_by"])) {
+                    $searchQuery["sort_by"] = $_GET["sort_by"];
+                    }
+
+                    if(isset($_GET["sort_dir"])) {
+                    $searchQuery["sort_dir"] = $_GET["sort_dir"];
+                    }
+
                     $data = $recipeModel->getBySearchQuery($searchQuery);
 
                     if(isset($_GET["filter_by_tag"])) {
@@ -403,6 +411,14 @@ class RecipeController extends Controller implements ControllerInterface {
                     $data["diff"] = $_GET["filter_by_diff"];
                     }
 
+                    if(isset($_GET["sort_by"])) {
+                    $data["sort_by"] = $_GET["sort_by"];
+                    }
+
+                    if(isset($_GET["sort_dir"])) {
+                    $data["sort_dir"] = $_GET["sort_dir"];
+                    }
+
                     if(isset($_GET["page"])) {
                     $data["curPages"] = $_GET["page"];// careful different indexing start
                     } else {

src/app/models/RecipeModel.php

@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class RecipeModel {
             }
             // else default DESC
         }
+        
 
         if (isset($search_query['page_rows'])) {
             $rows = $search_query['page_rows'];