if(isset($_POST['article_sort']) AND isset($_POST['article_order'])){ $sort = $_POST['article_sort']; $order = $_POST['article_order']; $sql_article_sort = send_sql("UPDATE post_sort SET str='$sort' WHERE name='article_sort'") OR die(mysql_error()); $sql_article_order = send_sql("UPDATE post_sort SET str='$order' WHERE name='article_order'") OR die(mysql_error()); } else { $sql_sort = mysql_query("SELECT str FROM post_sort WHERE name='article_sort'") OR die(mysql_error()); $sql_article_sort = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql_sort); $sql_order = mysql_query("SELECT str FROM post_sort WHERE name='article_order'") OR die(mysql_error()); $sql_article_order = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql_order); }// later I call$tmp=send_sql("SELECT * FROM articles ORDER BY '{$sql_article_sort[str]}' '{$sql_article_order[str]}'");