Question

I have a following query

$query = "SELECT * FROM phpvms_schedules ORDER BY deptime + 0 ASC";

In the table, I call $list variable to get database results from the above variable. I then, have a foreach statement

foreach($list as $flight)

One of the columns echoes departure time value of a flight in a HH:MM format.

<td>'.$flight->deptime.'</td>

Essentially, I want to order the times in ascending order, going up, but I’m probably missing a step, because it doesn’t do it. It does it like this:

17:30
17:55
17:15
17:45
17:25

I performed a small check on the $query changing ASC to DESC, but the same thing happens, obviously with descending times.

Answer 1

1. Change deptime from VARCHAR to TIME (proper way)
2. Query like ORDER BY deptime or ORDER BY deptime ASC