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Asked: 2026-06-01T02:37:50+00:00

Let’s say I have a table like this a | b | c |

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Let’s say I have a table like this

      a    |     b     |     c     |     d     |     e     |  id |  user_id     |     
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  -2.3213  | 9999232342| 0.2099321 |  0.113399 |   -1221   |  1  |43124123321321|
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  -3.3213  | 2231232342| 0.3099321 |  0.203799 |   -1231   |  2  |34224123321321|
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  -4.3293  | 1111232342| 0.2099321 |  0.203799 |   -1241   |  3  |98787612321321|
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  -1.1133  | 2231232342| 0.1099321 |  0.213399 |   -1231   |  4  |76534123321321|
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  -4.2469  | 2231232342| 0.6099321 |  0.203399 |   -1261   |  5  |55542333321321|
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  -1.1133  | 2231232342| 0.1099321 |  0.103599 |   -1271   |  6  |12454123321321|
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  -3.3213  | 2231232342| 0.5099321 |  0.203599 |   -1281   |  7  |23123323321321|

and every time a user signs up a new row will be inserted with respective values.

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  -9.1133  | 2231232342| 0.1099321 |  0.103599 |   -1181   |  8  |23123323321321|

So.. can I arrange the rows using php in a way that they are arranged by column ‘a’ first, then column ‘b’, then column ‘c’, etc, in a descending order?

      a    |     b     |     c     |     d     |     e     |  id |  user_id     | 
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  -9.1133  | 2231232342| 0.1099321 |  0.103599 |   -1181   |  8  |23123323321321|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -4.3293  | 1111232342| 0.2099321 |  0.203799 |   -1241   |  3  |98787612321321|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -4.2469  | 2231232342| 0.6099321 |  0.203399 |   -1261   |  5  |55542333321321|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -3.3213  | 2231232342| 0.5099321 |  0.203599 |   -1281   |  7  |23123323321321|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -3.3213  | 2231232342| 0.3099321 |  0.203799 |   -1231   |  2  |34224123321321|    
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -2.3213  | 9999232342| 0.2099321 |  0.113399 |   -1221   |  1  |43124123321321|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  -1.1133  | 2231232342| 0.1099321 |  0.213399 |   -1231   |  4  |76534123321321|
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  -1.1133  | 2231232342| 0.1099321 |  0.103599 |   -1271   |  6  |12454123321321|

And therefore when I want to select the rows with the closest values I can just select the nearest rows.

I’m new to working with database and I’ll be very grateful if someone can help me. Thank you.

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  1. Editorial Team

    To get result in the order you ask you could use

    SELECT * FROM your_table
ORDER BY a ASC, b DESC, c DESC, d DESC, e ASC

    Note that you asked to sort a in descending order, but your example show us the contrary because a seems to be negative…

    If you really need descending order even if a value is negative you could try to use ABS function.

    SELECT * FROM your_table
ORDER BY ABS(a) DESC, b DESC, c DESC, d DESC, ABS(e) DESC
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