Question

I got an odd problem. Whenever I add a new entry to the database it gives it a higher id number, but somehow sees it as a lower number and puts it below the older ones.

And when sorting DESC in PHP I also get this order, does anybody know whats going wrong here?

I use $res = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM data ORDER BY 'id' DESC");to sort them, and it gives the same order as in the pic. (Not sure why i’m being downvoted here but ok..)

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Answer 1

Your query is:

SELECT * FROM data ORDER BY 'id' DESC

You are sorting by the string 'id', note the syntax highlighting when not within quotes. This means you get them in a random order. Remove the '. If you meant to escape the column id you should use back-ticks:

SELECT * FROM data ORDER BY `id` DESC