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    <p>How can I get the newest message from the person who sends a user a message?</p> <p>Right now it's showing...</p> <pre><code>first_name last_name This is the newest message I sent you 2012-08-11 14:23:38 first_name last_name test 2012-08-11 14:20:35 &lt;?php echo '&lt;div id ="inbox_name"&gt;Name&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="inbox_message"&gt;Message&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="inbox_time"&gt;Time&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="inbox_line"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;'; $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `private_messages` WHERE `to_id`=$session_user_id ORDER BY `time_sent` DESC") or die("Error connecting to database. Please try again later."); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) { $to_id = $row['to_id']; $from_id = $row['from_id']; $message = $row['message']; $time= $row['time_sent']; $message_information = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `sentrl_users` WHERE `id`=$from_id LIMIT 1"); while ($row_information = mysql_fetch_array($message_information)) { $first_name = $row_information['first_name']; $last_name = $row_information['last_name']; $username = $row_information['username']; echo '&lt;div id="inbox_information"&gt;&lt;div id="recieved_name"&gt;'. $first_name . ' ' . $last_name .'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="recieved_message"&gt;'. $message .'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="recieved_time"&gt;'. $time .'&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;'; } } ?&gt; </code></pre> <p>I tried using limit 1, but that didnt work. I'm trying to just get the newest message WITHOUT duplicating the <code>first_name</code> and <code>last_name</code>.</p>
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    1. COHave you tried adding "LIMIT 1" to your first query? It seems the first while loop is run twice because the SELECT returns two rows.
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    2. COyeah i did...when i do, the entire thing only returns one result which is not what i want. What i want is returning one result for one user...
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    3. COHow many users and messages does your current database contain? What is the expected output of the final (working) version of the code?
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