Get previous and next row from current id

Question

How can I do to get the next row in a table?

`image_id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment
`image_title` varchar(255) NOT NULL
`image_text` mediumtext NOT NULL
`image_date` datetime NOT NULL
`image_filename` varchar(255) NOT NULL

If the current image is 3 for example and the next one is 7 etc. this won't work:

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM images WHERE image_id = ".intval($_GET['id']));
echo $_GET['id']+1;

How should I do?

thanks

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM images WHERE image_id < 3 ORDER BY image_id DESC LIMIT 1 -- Previous
SELECT * FROM images WHERE image_id > 3 ORDER BY image_id LIMIT 1 -- Next

Answer 2

If you want to circle the records, you could use this:

-- previous or last, if there is no previous
SELECT *
FROM images
WHERE image_id < 12345 OR image_id = MAX(image_id)
ORDER BY image_id DESC
LIMIT 1

-- next or first, if there is no next
SELECT *
FROM images
WHERE image_id > 12345 OR image_id = MIN(image_id)
ORDER BY image_id ASC
LIMIT 1

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The same with UNION, might be even more efficient:

-- previous or last, if there is no previous
(SELECT * FROM images WHERE image_id < 12345 ORDER BY image_id DESC LIMIT 1)
UNION (SELECT * FROM images WHERE image_id = (SELECT MAX(image_id) FROM images))
LIMIT 1

-- next or first, if there is no next
(SELECT * FROM images WHERE image_id > 12345 ORDER BY image_id ASC LIMIT 1)
UNION (SELECT * FROM images WHERE image_id = (SELECT MIN(image_id) FROM images))
LIMIT 1

Answer 3

You're very close. Try this:

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM images
                     WHERE image_id > ".intval($_GET['id'])." ORDER BY image_id LIMIT 1");

    <?php echo $_GET['id'] ?>

Answer 4

Please, for the love of the internet, don't built an SQL query yourself. Use PDO .