PHP: echo number of duplicates in a table by most common

Question

I am trying to echo the most common duplicates in a table. I have been able to echo the name of the duplicates but what I\'m looking for is a separate column in the table th

Answer 1

you need to use an alias for count(*).Then you can use it for order and echo.

$interests = "SELECT name, COUNT(*) as count_alias FROM pageinterests WHERE pageid = '$id' GROUP BY name HAVING COUNT(*) > 1 ORDER BY count_alias DESC";