MySQL query to get data from 5 tables? - php

Question

What is the right MySQL query for this? Here's what I want to achieve.
I would like to display all status update entries, date posted, the
poster username, gender, city, and tags
I would like to display all status update entries by a member with user_id='1', the date the status update was posted, the poster username, gender, city, and tags that member has on his profile
And how can I display all the tags that the user have on their profile, in one line separated by ','? I tried group_concat earlier but i couldn't make it work. please help.
Here's my tables
STATUS_UPDATE Table
+------------------------------------------------------+
| status_id | user_id | body | postdate |
+-----------+---------+-----------------+--------------+
| 1 | 1 | hello world | Aug 12, 2012 |
+-----------+---------+-----------------+--------------+
| 2 | 1 | i miss you | Aug 13, 2012 |
+-----------+---------+-----------------+--------------+
| 3 | 2 | lorem ipsum | Aug 14, 2012 |
+-----------+---------+-----------------+--------------+
| 4 | 2 | why me? why? | Aug 14, 2012 |
+-----------+---------+-----------------+--------------+
MEMBERS Table //Primary data of members
+---------------------------------------------------+
| user_id | username | password | email |
+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+
| 1 | john_doe | qwerty | john#doe.com |
+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+
| 2 | maryjane | pass123 | mary#jane.com |
+---------+----------+------------+-----------------+
MEMBERS_DATA Table //Profile Fields
+----------------------------------------------+
| user_id | gender | description | city |
+---------+--------+---------------+-----------+
| 1 | male | i am simple | chicago |
+---------+--------+---------------+-----------+
| 2 | female | i am flirty | newyork |
+---------+--------+---------------+-----------+
MEMBERS_TAGS Table //tags that members added to their profiles
+-------------------+
| user_id | item_id |
+---------+---------+
| 1 | 555 |
+---------+---------+
| 1 | 666 |
+---------+---------+
| 1 | 7777 |
+---------+---------+
| 2 | 8888 |
+---------+---------+
TAGS Table //the info of the tags
+------------------------------+
| item_id | cat_id | name |
+---------+--------+-----------+
| 555 | 5 | sexy |
+---------+--------+-----------+
| 666 | 5 | beauty |
+---------+--------+-----------+
| 7777 | 6 | music |
+---------+--------+-----------+
| 8888 | 6 | movies |
+---------+--------+-----------+
CATEGORY Table //the category of the tags
+-------------------------+
| cat_id | category_name |
+---------+---------------+
| 5 | appearance |
+---------+---------------+
| 6 | hobbies |
+---------+---------------+
BTW I'm coding in PHP, I want to thank you in advance for the help.

Answer 1

SELECT
STATUS_UPDATE.* ,
MEMBERS.username ,
MEMBERS_DATA.gender ,
MEMBERS_DATA.city
TAGS.*
FROM UPDATE
LEFT JOIN MEMBERS ON MEMBERS.user_id = STATUS_UPDATE.user_id
LEFT JOIN MEMBERS_DATA ON MEMBERS_DATA.user_id = STATUS_UPDATE.user_id
LEFT JOIN MEMBERS_TAGS ON MEMBERS_TAGS.user_id = STATUS_UPDATE.user_id
LEFT JOIN TAGS ON TAGS.item_id = MEMBERS_TAGS.item_id