You can use the join for your user table, metadata, and order with the meta_value stored in the column,
SELECT u.*
FROM `wp_users` u
JOIN `wp_usermeta` um ON(u.ID = um.`user_id`)
WHERE um.`meta_key` = 'reputation'
ORDER BY um.`meta_value` * 1 DESC
Using * 1in order is a simple trick for integers, and desc will list the user by their reputation so that a user with a higher reputation is listed first and so on.
global $wpdb;
$query=" SELECT u.*,um.`meta_value` as `rank`
FROM $wpdb->users u
JOIN $wpdb->usermeta um ON(u.ID = um.`user_id`)
WHERE um.`meta_key` = 'reputation'
ORDER BY um.`meta_value` * 1 DESC";
$results = $wpdb->get_results($query, OBJECT );
Scroll through your results
foreach($results as $r){
echo $r->rank;
}
Edit Comment
here is your function
function getReputationByUser($user_id){
if(!is_numeric($user_id)){
return false;
}
global $wpdb;
$query=" SELECT um.`meta_value` as `rank`
FROM $wpdb->usermeta um
WHERE um.`meta_key` = 'reputation'
AND um.user_id = '".$user_id."'
";
$result = $wpdb->get_row($query);
if(!empty($result)){
return $result->rank;
}
return false;
}
echo getReputationByUser(100);
, , , , , , @variables Mysql WPDB class
SELECT t1.`rank`
FROM(
SELECT
um.user_id,
@rownum:= @rownum + 1 `rank`
FROM
wp_usermeta um
CROSS JOIN (SELECT @rownum := 0) t
WHERE um.`meta_key` = 'reputation'
ORDER BY um.`meta_value` * 1 DESC
) t1
WHERE t1.user_id = 100
function getReputationByUser($user_id){
if(!is_numeric($user_id)){
return false;
}
global $wpdb;
$query=" SELECT t1.`rank`
FROM(
SELECT
um.user_id,
@rownum:= @rownum + 1 `rank`
FROM
$wpdb->usermeta um
CROSS JOIN (SELECT @rownum := 0) t
WHERE um.`meta_key` = 'reputation'
ORDER BY um.`meta_value` * 1 DESC
) t1
WHERE t1.user_id = '".$user_id."'";
$result = $wpdb->get_row($query);
if(!empty($result)){
return $result->rank;
}
return false;
}
echo getReputationByUser(100);
group_concat find_in_set
SELECT user_id,FIND_IN_SET(
user_id,(SELECT GROUP_CONCAT( user_id ORDER BY meta_value * 1 DESC)
FROM `wp_usermeta`
WHERE meta_key ='reputation')
) AS rank
FROM wp_usermeta
WHERE meta_key ='reputation'
AND user_id = 100
function getReputationByUser($user_id){
if(!is_numeric($user_id)){
return false;
}
global $wpdb;
$query="SELECT user_id,FIND_IN_SET(
user_id,(SELECT GROUP_CONCAT( user_id ORDER BY meta_value * 1 DESC)
FROM $wpdb->usermeta
WHERE meta_key ='reputation')
) AS rank
FROM $wpdb->usermeta
WHERE meta_key ='reputation'
AND user_id = '".$user_id."'
";
$result = $wpdb->get_row($query);
if(!empty($result)){
return $result->rank;
}
return false;
}
echo getReputationByUser(100);
, group_concat_max_len, 1024. , max_allowed_packet.