MySQL row not being ordered in php page - php

Question

Here you can see the code I use to display a table from a MySQL database in a PHP webpage:
<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","aaaaaa","bbbbb","my_mk7vrlist");
$x = 1;
$result = mysqli_query($con,"SELECT * FROM 0_vrs_japan ORDER BY `vrs` DESC, `date` ASC");
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $x . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['playername'] . "</td>";
echo "<td><img src='http://mk7vrlist.altervista.org/flags/" . $row['Country'] . ".gif' /></td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['contactable'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['vrs'] . "</td>";
if($row['date'] != "-"){
$formatted = date('jS F Y', strtotime($row['date']));
} else {
$formatted = "-";
}
if($row['pic'] != "-"){
echo "<td>" . $formatted . "</td>";
} else {
echo "<td>" . $formatted . "</td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
$x = $x+1;
}
mysqli_close($con);
?>
And the result is this:
Every player with 99'999 points (which are called 'vrs') is sorted by the date. I am having troubles with that player I have just added.
His date 2014/05/22 in the database isn't in the correct position (after Megaman). Do you have any idea?

Answer 1

You're storing the date as a varchar so MySQL is having trouble sorting it in the way you need it to, as it's sorting lexicographically with the field being a varchar.
Convert them to proper date fields and natural date sorting will work as intended.