MySQL INNER JOIN select only one row from second table

Question

I have a users table and a payments table, for each user, those of which have payments, may have multiple associated payments in the payments

Answer 1

   SELECT u.* 
        FROM users AS u
        INNER JOIN (
            SELECT p.*,
             @num := if(@id = user_id, @num + 1, 1) as row_number,
             @id := user_id as tmp
            FROM payments AS p,
                 (SELECT @num := 0) x,
                 (SELECT @id := 0) y
            ORDER BY p.user_id ASC, date DESC)
        ON (p.user_id = u.id) and (p.row_number=1)
        WHERE u.package = 1