Ordering criteria

Learn how to order results

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Adding an ordering criterion is done by using the orderBy method.

$result = $db->from('users')
             ->orderBy('name')
             ->select()
             ->all();
SELECT * FROM `users` ORDER BY `name` ASC

Changing an ordering criterion is done by passing desc as the second argument to the orderBy method.

$result = $db->from('users')
             ->orderBy('name', 'desc')
             ->select()
             ->all();
SELECT * FROM `users` ORDER BY `name` DESC

You can provide multiple columns as an ordering criterion, by passing to the orderBy method an array containing all column names.

$result = $db->from('users')
             ->orderBy(['name', 'age'])
             ->select()
             ->all();
SELECT * FROM `users` ORDER BY `name`, `age` ASC

Adding multiple ordering criteria to the same query is done by calling the orderBy method as many times as you need.

$result = $db->from('users')
             ->orderBy('name')
             ->orderBy('age', 'desc')
             ->select()
             ->all();
SELECT * FROM `users` ORDER BY `name` ASC, `age` DESC

Ordering NULL values

You can specify how NULL values should be ordered by passing nulls first or nulls last as the third argument to the orderBy method.

$result = $db->from('users')
             ->orderBy('name')
             ->orderBy('age', 'desc', 'nulls first')
             ->select()
             ->all();
SELECT * FROM `users` ORDER BY `name` ASC, `age` DESC NULLS FIRST
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