Question

In the query I have order by name (alphabetically), stick the query in $res, and then loop over the results.

while($rs = mysql_fetch_assoc($res)){
    echo $rs['name'];
}

Now in that while loop there is a “webmaster” name. I need to take “Webmaster” and place it at the end of the loop (so it echoes out last) or place “Webmaster / Affiliate ProgramsWebshops” in $res (at the end of the query before hitting the while loop.

Answer 1

easiest way would be to edit your query and change the ordering from:

ORDER BY
  name

to

ORDER BY
  IF(name LIKE 'webmaster',1,0),
  name

note: this IF is mysql-syntax – you havn’t posted wich database you’re using. on postgres it would be something like (not 100% sure):

ORDER BY
  CASE WHEN name ILIKE 'webmaster' THEN 1 ELSE 0 ,
  name

EDIT to explain this: by changing the order this way, it’s like putting an additional column to the ordering that contains 1 if the name is “webmaster” or 0 in every other case. by ordering by this “column” first, the “webmaster” is always at the end (or: all “webmaster”s – if there are more than one)