How to have reverse order output on MYSQL database

Question

I have a basic write to and retrieve sql database php \"thing\" and I want to have the output in descending order. How do I do that?

Eg. last entry is shown first,

Answer 1

SELECT field_name
FROM table_name 
ORDER BY id DESC

By default mysql Will show results in ascending order if you want to show them in reverse order put ORDER BY field_name DESC

You can use id or date as the field name