How to select the columns for INNER JOIN table depending on values of the joined arrays

Question

I created a mySQL database with phpMyAdmin in my local server. In this database I store the names and the favourite NBA teams of my friends.This is obviously a many-to-many rela

Answer 1

For these type of query you have to use the mysql version 5.7 using these you are able to use the json type & function in query..

Answer :

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT( JSON_OBJECT(
'id', f.id,  'fname', f.name,  'tname', t.name,  'current_status', r.status), (SELECT JSON_OBJECT('name', tm.name)
FROM teams tm, relations re
WHERE tm.id = re.teams_id
AND f.id = re.friends_id
AND re.status =  "Past"))
FROM teams t, relations r, friends f
WHERE t.id = r.teams_id
AND f.id = r.friends_id
AND r.status =  "Current"

Answer 2

SELECT 
   CONCAT( 
    "{"
   ,     '"id"' , ":" , '"' , friends.id , '"' , ","
   ,     '"name"' , ":" , '"' , friends.name , '"' , ","
    , 
   CASE 
   WHEN relations.status = 'Current' 
     THEN CONCAT('"CurrentTeam":["',    teams.name ,'"]')
   ELSE CONCAT('"pastTeam": '   ,   '[' ,   GROUP_CONCAT( '"',teams.name, '"'),']'  )
     END   
   , "}"
   )
  AS json
FROM 
 friends 
INNER JOIN 
 relations 
ON 
 friends.id = relations.friends_id
INNER JOIN
 teams 
ON
relations.teams_id = teams.id
 group by friends.id,relations.status

http://sqlfiddle.com/#!9/694bc69/23