MySQL get latest conversation messages

Question

I\'m making an app where users can chat to other users (1 on 1, NOT a group chat). I have a MySQL table that stores all the messages from every user, like:

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Answer 1

Try this

SELECT * FROM
messageTable
WHERE from_id='abc123'
AND `time` = ( SELECT MAX(`time`) FROM messageTable WHERE from_id='abc123' )

UNION ALL

SELECT * FROM
messageTable
WHERE to_id='abc123'
AND `time` = ( SELECT MAX(`time`) FROM messageTable WHERE to_id='abc123' )