Mysql join from multiple tables

Question

I have 3 tables

friends
posts
members

friends
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id, to, from (user_id\'s), status

there are 3 status\'s -1 = denied, 0 = no response/new, 1 = accept         


        

Answer 1

As I understand it, you want to find the name and posts of all your friends, not any friend that's in the friend table at all...?

Your own user id being in $myId, this should do it (newest posts first);

EDIT: Added status check for friends

SELECT m.f_name, m.l_name, p.`text`
FROM members m
JOIN posts p 
  ON m.member_id = p.user_id
JOIN friends f 
  ON f.`to` = m.member_id OR f.`from` = m.member_id
WHERE (f.`from` = $myId OR f.`to`= $myId)
  AND f.`status` = 1 AND m.member_id <> $myId
ORDER BY p.p_id DESC