MySQL IF in WHERE condition Based On SELECT Column

Question

I have this simple (actually I'm simplifying the real case) SQL command :

SELECT Username, Message
FROM Mail
WHERE DeleteBySender = '0'
LIMIT 1

but for some reason, I have special condition, that is : IF Mail.Username = 'johndoe' then the WHERE clause is not DeleteBySender = '0' anymore, but DeleteByReceiver = '0' .

in short, how to make dynamic WHERE clause based on Mail.Username result?

can it be done with single SQL command? because if not, in my real case, it will cause PHP scripting more complex.

**UPDATE : what I really expect, in plain English : if Mail.Username NOT johndoe, SQL command will be like this :

SELECT Username, Message
FROM Mail
WHERE DeleteBySender = '0'
LIMIT 1

but if Mail.Username IS johndoe, SQL command will be like this :

SELECT Username, Message
FROM Mail
WHERE DeleteByReceiver = '0'
LIMIT 1

Answer 1

A solution in SQL utilizing an OR clause to break up your logic as follows:

SELECT Username, Message
FROM Mail
WHERE (Username != 'johndoe' AND DeleteBySender = '0')
OR (Username = 'johndoe' AND DeleteByReceiver = '0')
LIMIT 1

Note: The LIMIT 1 is concerning. Without knowing your dataset, this may return more than one result. You need to test.

Answer 2

SELECT 
    Username, 
    Message
FROM Mail
WHERE (IF(Username='johndoe',DeleteByReceiver = 0,DeleteBySender =0))
LIMIT 1

Answer 3

SELECT Username, Message
FROM Mail
WHERE (Username = 'johndoe' AND DeleteByReceiver='0') OR DeleteBySender = '0'
LIMIT 1