Question

I have much count of items in MySQL database, and they must be shown on a web page. But, element, which set up earlier, must be first of whole data array. Currently, data recevied from Mysql sorted by creation time. Also, every item has a unique ID, which store in settings table. May be you help me to solve this little trouble.

UPDATE:

this php-array basically demonstrate my db structure

    array(
       0=>array(
          "id"=>1,
           "name"=>"xyz"
       ),
       1=>array(
           id"=>3,
           "name"=>"abc"
       ),
       2=>array(
           id"=>5,
           "name"=>"asdfbc"
       )
    );

UPDATE 2

I need to sort previous array. For example, first element must be item with id = 3, after elements must be sort by time creation (desc or asc). Time field (timestamp) exist, but I’m too lazy for add it 🙂

Answer 1

Try this:

SELECT *, IF(`id`=3,0,1) AS `sticky` FROM `test` ORDER BY `sticky` ASC, `timestamp` DESC