PHP - SQL optimization min/max too slow - php

Question

I'm having some problems with a query that finds the next ID of an orders with certain filters on it - Like it should be from a specific city, etc.
Currently it's used for a function, where it'll either spit out the previous or the next ID based on the current order. So it can either be min(id) or max(id), where max(id) is obviously faster, since it has to go through less rows.
The query is working just fine, but it's rather slow, since it's going through 123953 rows to find the ID. Is there any way I could optimize this?
Function example:
SELECT $minmax(orders.orders_id) AS new_id FROM orders LEFT JOIN orders_status ON orders.orders_status = orders_status.orders_status_id $where_join WHERE orders_status.language_id = '$languages_id' AND orders.orders_date_finished != '1900-01-01 00:00:00' AND orders.orders_id $largersmaller $ordersid $where;
Live example
SELECT min(orders.orders_id)
FROM orders
LEFT JOIN orders_status ON orders.orders_status = orders_status.orders_status_id
WHERE orders_status.language_id = '4'
AND orders.orders_date_finished != '1900-01-01 00:00:00'
AND orders.orders_id < 4868771
LIMIT 1

Answer 1

so concluding:
SELECT orders.orders_id
FROM orders
JOIN orders_status ON orders.orders_status = orders_status.orders_status_id
WHERE orders_status.language_id = '4'
AND orders.orders_date_finished != '1900-01-01 00:00:00'
AND orders.orders_id < 4868771
ORDER BY orders.orders_id ASC
LIMIT 1
Extra:
to get the MAX value, use DESC where ASC is now.
And looking at your question: be sure to escape the values like $language_id etcetera. I suppose they could come from some html form?
(or use prepared statements)