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Browse All TopicsObjective: Query a MySQL table, display the results, and enable a user to "click on" the column headings, thus sorting the rows being displayed by the specific column selected within PHP, preferrably.
Based on initial research, creating a PHP array from a MySQL table and in turn sorting it and displaying the results looks like the general consesus out there in other forums.
Is there a better way, if so explain.
Thanks in advance !
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by: leannonnPosted on 2004-03-16 at 00:17:44ID: 10604308
> creating a PHP array from a MySQL table and in turn sorting it and displaying the results looks like the general consesus out there in other forums.
Yes, that's probably the best way to do it - you have all the data, just need to sort it the right way. Querying the database with a new ORDER BY clause each time a column header is pressed is far to slow.