How can PHP be used to retrieve and display data from a MySQL database sorted by date?

To retrieve and display data from a MySQL database sorted by date using PHP, you can use a SQL query with an ORDER BY clause that sorts the data based on the date column. You can then fetch the results and display them in your desired format. 

<?php
// Connect to MySQL database
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$dbname = "database";

$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

// Select data from database sorted by date
$sql = "SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY date_column DESC";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

// Display the sorted data
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
        echo "ID: " . $row["id"]. " - Name: " . $row["name"]. " - Date: " . $row["date"]. "<br>";
    }
} else {
    echo "0 results";
}

// Close connection
$conn->close();
?>

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PHP MySQL database retrieve sort

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