Question

Using a MySQL SELECT query via PHP, I would like to order my entries by date. The query I’m using is:

$query = "SELECT title, file, oblong_pic, square_pic,
DATE_FORMAT(date, '%W %d %M %Y') AS date
FROM dyhamb ORDER BY date DESC";

I have four entries dated: 24/7/2012, 1/7/2012, 5/6/2012 and 10/4/2012 and would like them to be displayed in that order however they are being displayed as: 24/7/2012, 10/4/2010, 5/6/2012 and 1/7/2012.

I can only think that I’ve set my query up incorrectly somehow but I don’t see where I’ve gone wrong.

Answer 1

%W in DATE_FORMAT is weekday name, so sort starts with that

If you want to use date alias you should rewrite your sql query to:

$query = "SELECT title, file, oblong_pic, square_pic, date AS sort_date,
DATE_FORMAT(date, '%W %d %M %Y') AS date
FROM dyhamb ORDER BY sort_date DESC";