MySQL IF ELSEIF in select query

Question

I\'m trying to select different prices of a product based on the quantity that user chooses. This is the query I\'m working on (it has a syntax error):

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Answer 1

IF() in MySQL is a ternary function, not a control structure -- if the condition in the first argument is true, it returns the second argument; otherwise, it returns the third argument. There is no corresponding ELSEIF() function or END IF keyword.

The closest equivalent to what you've got would be something like:

IF(qty_1<='23', price,
  IF('23'>qty_1 && qty_2<='23', price_2,
    IF('23'>qty_2 && qty_3<='23', price_3,
      IF('23'>qty_3, price_4, 1)
    )
  )
)

The conditions don't all make sense to me (it looks as though some of them may be inadvertently reversed?), but without knowing what exactly you're trying to accomplish, it's hard for me to fix that.