i have field with content like this: 1, 2, 100 first two numbers can

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Asked: May 30, 20262026-05-30T05:08:15+00:00 2026-05-30T05:08:15+00:00

i have field with content like this: 1, 2, 100 first two numbers can be any size third one can be up to 100.

Now i need to sort my fields by this third number but since i have 2 other numbers i don’t know how to do it.

Maybe i could use something like REGEXP or something else?
So far i’ve tried SUBSTRING but since my two numbers can be any lenght something like

order by SUBSTRING(my_field, 4)

would work but if i have numbers like 32, 451, 30 it takes wrong numbers

Also i use php for to build my query, but i don’t think it matters.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-30T05:08:16+00:00

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You can use SUBSTRING_INDEX. So something like:

SUBSTRING_INDEX(my_field, ',', -1)

EDIT: if you have spaces you might want to do some trimming as well.

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