Order data alphabetically

Question

I have a php table that displays the data within a mysql table.

Now the table is already in alphabetical order by Department but the users within in each Department are not.

In the example below you will see that the departments are in alphabetical order but the user data under each department is not. Eg.

                           Admin Department 
                Wade        3234234     Wade@acasdaas.com
                George      3434323     George@aasdsasas.com
                          Workshop Department
                Zyiad     45454523    Zyiad@aasdasd.com
                Buffy     48282191    buffy@assad.com

My code:

<center>
<html>
<head>
<title>Extension List</title></head><body>
<br>
<h1> Alpine Motors Extension List</h1>
<h2><a href="add.php">Add Extension</a>
<br>
<br>
<form action="AlpineExtensionList.php"  method='post'>
<input type="submit" value="Print PDF"/>
<br>
<br>
<a href="delete.php"> Delete Extension</a></h2> 
<br> 
<br>
<?php
$db_host = 'localhost';
$db_user = 'root';
$db_pwd = '*****';

$database = 'list';
$table = 'users';

$conn = mysqli_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pwd) or die("Connecting to database failed");

mysqli_select_db($conn, $database) or die("Can't select database");

// sending query
$result = mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT name, email, extension, phone, department FROM {$table} ORDER BY department ASC");
if (!$result) {
    die("Query to show fields from table failed");
}

echo "<table border='1'><tr>";

// printing table rows
$temp = "";

while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
    echo "<tr>";

    if ($row['department'] != $temp){
        echo "<td colspan='4' style='text-align: center; font-weight: bold'>{$row['department']}</td></tr>\n<tr>";
        $temp = $row['department'];
    }

    echo "<td>" . $row['name'] . "</td><td>" . $row['email'] . "</td><td>" . $row['extension'] . "</td><td>" . $row['phone'] . "</td>";

    echo "</tr>\n";
}
// sending query
$result = mysqli_query($conn, "SELECT name, email, extension, phone, department FROM {$table} ORDER BY department ASC");
if (!$result) {
    die("Query to show fields from table failed");
}

echo "<table border='1'><tr>";

// printing table rows
$temp = "";

while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
    echo "<tr>";

    if ($row['department'] != $temp){
        echo "<td colspan='4' style='text-align: center; font-weight: bold'>{$row['department']}</td></tr>\n<tr>";
        $temp = $row['department'];
    }

    echo "<td>" . $row['name'] . "</td><td>" . $row['email'] . "</td><td>" . $row['extension'] . "</td><td>" . $row['phone'] . "</td>";

    echo "</tr>\n";
}
mysqli_free_result($result);
echo "</table>"
?>
</h2>
</body>
</html>
</center>

may be duplicated http://stackoverflow.com/questions/514943/php-mysql-order-by-two-columns — m7md, Feb 10 '17 at 14:05

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '17 at 13:46

3

Currently you're just ordering by department:

ORDER BY department

If you want to order by additional fields, add those fields. For example:

ORDER BY department, name

answered Feb 10 '17 at 13:46

David

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ty sir I was not aware I could set them both – RedZ Feb 10 '17 at 13:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '17 at 13:47

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You have to order it by department and name

ORDER BY department, name

answered Feb 10 '17 at 13:47

Mazz

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Order data alphabetically

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