Question

i have this table for a game

scores (user,score)

with some entries in it, i have this query:

SET @row_num = 0; 
SELECT @row_num := @row_num + 1 as row_index, user, score FROM scores ORDER BY score DESC

it works in phpmyadmin but it doesn’t work with php code

$query = "set @row_num = 0; SELECT @row_num := @row_num + 1 as row_index, user, score FROM scores ORDER BY score DESC";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());

php is properly connected to mysql database, i do other queries before that and everything works

it says:

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'SELECT @row_num := @row_num + 1 as row_index, user, score FROM scores ORDER BY s' at line 1

What do you think it could be?
Thank you,
Alessandro

Answer 1

Try to split in 2 queries:

$query = "set @row_num = 0;";
$query2 = " SELECT @row_num := @row_num + 1 as row_index, user, score FROM scores ORDER BY score DESC;";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
$result1 = mysql_query($query2);