Question

i have this query,

$sql = "
          select 
            old_team_id
          from
            transfers
          where
            player_id = $player_id and
            transferid = latest_transfer_id
      ";

i have a table called transfers, in my table there is transferid field, what I want is when I run the query, it will select the old_team_id from transfers table where the transferid is the latest transferid. will that be possible? if yes, what do i lack on my query. thanks.

Answer 1

To get the value in the row with the largest transferid you can use ORDER BY and LIMIT:

SELECT old_team_id
FROM transfers
WHERE player_id = $player_id
ORDER BY transferid DESC
LIMIT 1