Question

I need some help sorting my score value’s of my sql database

    <table border = '2'>
    <?php

    $con = mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "");
    if(!$con)
    {
        echo "Could not establish connection to the database " . mysql_error();
    }

    $mydb = mysql_select_db("users", $con);
    if (!$mydb)
    {
        echo "Error selecting database " . mysql_error();
    }

    $mystatement = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM people");
    $dbcount = mysql_num_rows($mystatement);
    $selection = array(0 => "");
    $nameselection = array(0 => "");

    $i = 0; 
        while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($mystatement))
        {
        $selection[$i] = $row['score'];
        $nameselection[$i] = $row['username']; 
        //echo "<tr> <td>$row[username]</td> <td>$row[score]</td></tr>";
        $i++; 
        }
arsort($selection);
ksort($nameselection);

for ($x = 0; $x < $dbcount; $x++)
{
    echo "<tr> <td>$nameselection[$x]</td> <td>$selection[$x]</td> </tr>"; 
}


    ?>

    </table>

im trying to post the user’s scores from my game to a table, sorting them from highest to lowest. I’m just stuck..

Answer 1

Change

$mystatement = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM people");

To

$mystatement = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM people ORDER BY score DESC");

Remove the array sort

arsort($selection);
ksort($nameselection);