Question

i have an upload script which takes a timestamp when an advert is uploaded, i want to create a script that will echo the last 10 uploads according to the timestamp.

i have no idea how to do this, any help much appreciated!!

<?php

$now = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");

echo $now;

 $sql = "SELECT * FROM people WHERE posttime < $now LIMIT 0, 10";

  $q     = $conn->prepare($sql) or die("failed!");
  // Bind the params to the placeholders
   $q->execute();


 ?>

the time stamp is as follows:

2012-10-05 14:40:21

Answer 1

Better is use MySQL condition:

SELECT * FROM people WHERE posttime < NOW() LIMIT 0, 10

But in your case posttime always lower than current, I think 🙂 In this case I think right query is:

SELECT * FROM people ORDER BY posttime DESC LIMIT 0, 10

But if your compare time not always current time, than add condition:

SELECT * FROM people WHERE posttime < $someNotCurrentTimePHPVar ORDER BY posttime DESC LIMIT 0, 10