How to order values in ascending order from MySQL query with PHP?

Question

I am using the following PHP script to grab and alter data from a MySQL table and print the results in a HTML table. I was hoping to order the data in ascending order by the

Answer 1

You can calculate it in the query, and then use it in ORDER BY.

$sql = "SELECT SUM(t.available_time) AS total_available_time, 
                SUM(t.chargeable_time) AS total_chargeable_time, 
                SUM(t.admin_time) AS total_admin_time, 
                SUM(t.new_business_time) AS total_new_business_time, 
                c.name AS companyName,
                (SUM(t.chargeable_time) + SUM(t.admin_time) + SUM(t.new_business_time)) / SUM(t.available_time) * 100 AS utilization_percentage
        FROM Timesheet t 
        LEFT JOIN fos_user u ON(u.id = t.user_id) 
        LEFT JOIN company c ON(c.id = u.company_id) 
        GROUP BY u.company_id
        ORDER BY utilization_percentage";