Question

I have a question related to a project I am currently working on.
In my script all posts are currently being displayed this way:

      $sql = "SELECT * FROM posts" 
      . "\n WHERE page_slug = '" . $this->slug . "'" 
      . "\n AND active = '1'" 
      . "\n ORDER BY id DESC" . $pg->limit;
      $result = $db->fetch_all($sql);

This is fine although the problem now is , that I want a certain item to be displayed first before all others. I tried to give this specific item a very high ID (e.g. 1000), although if I create a new post the new posts ID suddenly starts with 1001 and it jumps on first position.

Does anybody have an idea on how I can avoid this from happening or at least how I can “trick” a specific item to be at the first position by somehow tweaking the sort-order?

Some advise would be highly appreciated.

Thank you very much,
Patrick

Answer 1

$sql = "SELECT *, case when id = 1000 then 0 else 1 end as OrderMe  FROM posts" 
  . "\n WHERE page_slug = '" . $this->slug . "'" 
  . "\n AND active = '1'" 
  . "\n ORDER BY OrderMe, id DESC" . $pg->limit;
  $result = $db->fetch_all($sql);

Of course you don’t have to use 1000 as the id in the case statement, but you mentioned that was the id of the one you want on top…