mysql order by issue

Question

if i have a query like :

SELECT * FROM table  WHERE id IN (3,6,1,8,9);

this array of the ids is build in php dynamically , and the order is

Answer 1

You can load the results into an array with IDs as indexes:

 while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($l)) $items[$row['id']] = $row;

and then simply iterate it in your order

 foreach ($my_array as $id) { $current_row = $items[$id]; ... }