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";

Answer 2

Use an alias and order by for correct count sequence

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


    .......

   for($x = 1; $x <= $rim; $x++){
       $rat = mysqli_fetch_assoc($interestresults);
       echo "<tr>

        <td>".$rat['name']."</td>
        <td>".$rat['my_count']."</td>
          </tr>";

    }

Answer 3

You could use an alias like this:

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

Answer 4

SELECT name, COUNT(*) as mycount FROM ...