mysql: how to save ORDER BY after LEFT JOIN without reorder?

Question

I\'ve two table:

1) profiles

+----+---------+
| id | name    |
+----+---------+
|  1 | WILLIAM |
|  2 | JOHN    |
|  3 | ROBERT  |
|  4 | MI         


        

Answer 1

SELECT * 
  FROM profiles p 
  LEFT 
  JOIN request_for_friendship r 
    ON (r.from_id = p.id AND r.to_id = 1) 
    OR (r.from_id = 1 AND r.to_id = p.id)  
 ORDER 
    BY name;
+----+---------+------+---------+-------+
| id | name    | id   | from_id | to_id |
+----+---------+------+---------+-------+
|  8 | CHARLES |    3 |       1 |     8 |
|  6 | DAVID   | NULL |    NULL |  NULL |
|  5 | JAMES   | NULL |    NULL |  NULL |
|  2 | JOHN    |    1 |       1 |     2 |
|  9 | JOSEPH  |    6 |       9 |     1 |
|  4 | MICHAEL |    5 |       4 |     1 |
|  7 | RICHARD | NULL |    NULL |  NULL |
|  3 | ROBERT  |    2 |       1 |     3 |
| 10 | THOMAS  | NULL |    NULL |  NULL |
|  1 | WILLIAM | NULL |    NULL |  NULL |
+----+---------+------+---------+-------+
10 rows in set (0.02 sec)

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