Question

I am trying to select two usernames in one row of a query one would be called ‘username’ and the second one say ‘username2’. This is the code I have atm. The users table uses a primary key of user_id.

SELECT
  r.report_id,
  r.poster_id,
  r.reporter_id,
  u.username,
  (2nd username)
FROM reports r,
  users u
WHERE r.report_id = :report_id
    AND r.reporter_id = u.user_id
    AND r.poster_id = u.user_id

Answer 1

you need to join the table user twice

SELECT 
        r.report_id,
        r.poster_id,
        r.reporter_id,
        u.username AS ReporterName,
        b.userName as PosterName
FROM
        reports r
        INNER JOIN users u      
            ON r.reporter_id=u.user_id
        INNER JOIN users b
            ON r.poster_id=b.user_id
WHERE
        r.report_id=:report_id