sql join from 3 tables - php

Question

I have 3 tables
user,
wink,
messages
Im going to clarify what i want because no one seems to understand
SELECT wink.*,user.id,user.points,user.gender,user.firstname,user.email
FROM wink
INNER JOIN user ON
(wink.id_user_from_wink=user.id OR wink.id_user_to_wink=user.id)
WHERE user.id!=?
AND (wink.id_user_from_wink=? OR wink.id_user_to_wink=?)
AND wink.wink_confirmed='1'
This works exactly as i want i to. I get the desired resultset, however now i need to get the last row matching from messages table.
I have tried using LEFT JOIN but it returns to many rows.
I need to return the last matching row for each result i get from the query above
As i said, i have tried:
SELECT wink.*,user.id,user.points,user.gender,user.firstname,user.email
FROM wink
INNER JOIN user ON
(wink.id_user_from_wink=user.id OR wink.id_user_to_wink=user.id)
LEFT JOIN messages ON (messages.id_user_from_message=user.id OR messages.id_user_to_message=user.id)
WHERE user.id!=?
AND (wink.id_user_from_wink=? OR wink.id_user_to_wink=?)
AND wink.wink_confirmed='1'
results:
[2] => Array
(
[id_wink_table] => 18
[id_user_from_wink] => 8
[id_user_to_wink] => 6
[wink_confirmed] => 1
[wink_date] => 2016-07-07 07:19:09
[id] => 8
[points] => 4
[gender] => 0
[firstname] =>
[email] => testuser1#hotmail.com
[id_messages_table] => 5
[id_user_from_message] => 6
[id_user_to_message] => 8
[message_text] => hejsan ss
[message_confirmed] => 0
[message_date] => 2016-07-09 02:43:59
)
[3] => Array
(
[id_wink_table] => 18
[id_user_from_wink] => 8
[id_user_to_wink] => 6
[wink_confirmed] => 1
[wink_date] => 2016-07-07 07:19:09
[id] => 8
[points] => 4
[gender] => 0
[firstname] =>
[email] => testuser1#hotmail.com
[id_messages_table] => 4
[id_user_from_message] => 6
[id_user_to_message] => 8
[message_text] => halluy
[message_confirmed] => 0
[message_date] => 2016-07-09 02:38:13
)
You can see that id_user_to_message and id_user_from_message are dublicate the only thing that differs is the message_text. So i want only the latest matching record from the messages table
EDIT:
SELECT wink.*,user.id,user.points,user.gender,user.firstname,user.email
FROM wink
INNER JOIN user
ON (wink.id_user_from_wink=user.id OR wink.id_user_to_wink=user.id)
**LEFT JOIN HERE returning latest message from messages table and join all rows that is returned when this left join is not used**
WHERE
user.id!=?
AND
(wink.id_user_from_wink=? OR wink.id_user_to_wink=?)
AND
wink.wink_confirmed='1'

Answer 1

/*
create table wink (id_wink_table int, id_user_from_wink int, id_user_to_wink int,wink_confirmed int,wink_date datetime);
insert into wink values
(18, 8,6,1,'2016-07-07 07:19:09'),(18,8,6,1,'2016-07-07 07:19:09');
create table user (id int,points int,gender int,firstaname varchar(20), email varchar(40));
truncate table user;
insert into user values
(8,4,0,null,'testuser1hotmail.com'), (8,4,0,null,'testuser1hotmail.com');
create table messages (id_messages_table int,id_user_from_message int,id_user_to_message int,message_text varchar(20),message_confirmed int,message_date datetime);
truncate table messages;
insert into messages values (5,6,8,'hejsan ss',0,'2016-07-09 02:43:59')
,(4,6,8,'halluy',0,'2016-07-09 02:38:13');
*/
select * from wink;
select * from user;
select * from messages;
SELECT wink.*,user.id,user.points,user.gender,user.firstaname,user.email, m.*
FROM wink
left outer JOIN user ON wink.id_user_from_wink = user.id OR wink.id_user_to_wink = user.id
left outer join messages m on m.id_user_from_message=user.id OR m.id_user_to_message=user.id
where m.id_messages_table =
(select max(m1.id_messages_table) from messages m1 where m.id_user_from_message=m1.id_user_from_message OR m.id_user_to_message = m1.id_user_to_message)