Getting PHP MYSQL ranking query to rank based on total sum of score

Question

CREATE TABLE `players` (
 `pid` int(2) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
 `name` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
`score` int(2) NOT NULL,
`game` varchar(20) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`pid         


        

Answer 1

You want to use a group by statement rather than a subselect to solve this particular type of problem.

Answer 2

You need to do the aggregation in a subquery and then use the variables to get the rank:

select pid, name, game, score, (@rn := @rn + 1) as rank
from (select pid, name, game, SUM(score) as score
      from player
      where game = 'aa'
      group by pid, game
     ) p cross join
     (select @rn := 0) vars
order by score desc;