connection->getQueryBuilder(); // SELECT everything from albums $count = $query->func()->count($query->createFunction('DISTINCT m.fileid'), 'count'); $query->select('pa.*', $count)->from('photos_albums', 'pa')->where( $query->expr()->eq('user', $query->createNamedParameter($uid)), ); // WHERE there are items with this tag $query->innerJoin('pa', 'photos_albums_files', 'paf', $query->expr()->andX( $query->expr()->eq('paf.album_id', 'pa.album_id'), )); // WHERE these items are memories indexed photos $query->innerJoin('paf', 'memories', 'm', $query->expr()->eq('m.fileid', 'paf.file_id')); // WHERE these photos are in the filecache $query->innerJoin('m', 'filecache', 'f', $query->expr()->eq('m.fileid', 'f.fileid'),); // GROUP and ORDER by $query->groupBy('pa.album_id'); $query->orderBy('pa.created', 'DESC'); $query->addOrderBy('pa.album_id', 'DESC'); // tie-breaker // FETCH all albums $albums = $query->executeQuery()->fetchAll(); // Post process foreach ($albums as &$row) { $row['album_id'] = (int) $row['album_id']; $row['created'] = (int) $row['created']; $row['last_added_photo'] = (int) $row['last_added_photo']; } return $albums; } }