Question

How do we sort using the database class in expressionengine. orderby and sort are given an error and do not seem to work. I can’t seem to find anything in the documantation about sorting results. This is what i have.

$results = $this->EE->db->query("
    SELECT plan_name
    FROM exp__plans 
    WHERE member_id='1002' AND orderby="id" sort="desc" LIMIT 1
");
$x = $results->row('plan_name')

;

Answer 1

There are issues with your query.

try:

$results = $this->EE->db->query("
    SELECT plan_name
    FROM exp_plans
    WHERE member_id = '1002' 
    ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1 
");

I would recommend trying to run your query directly against the database if you’re having trouble with it. 90% of the time it will be an issue with your SQL.

Also, you are writing this in a add-on… right? if you’re trying to get this to work within a template I would recommend checking out the query module.