Use limit in sub query - mysql

Question

I have 4 tables
product
status
orders
orders_products.
Using following query I get the proper result but it is not in correct order i.e. result gets by sub query.I want result order as sub query result.
SELECT
p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id,
pd.products_name, if(s.status, s.specials_new_products_price,
p.products_price) as products_price
FROM
products p LEFT JOIN specials s
ON p.products_id = s.products_id, products_description pd
WHERE
p.products_status = '1'
AND p.products_id = pd.products_id
AND pd.language_id = '2'
AND p.products_id in (
SELECT * from (
SELECT
distinct(op.products_id)
FROM
orders_products op,orders o
WHERE
op.orders_id=o.orders_id
AND o.customers_id='27'
ORDER BY
o.date_purchased
DESC LIMIT 0,10
) AS temptable
)

Answer 1

The outer SELECT has an ORDER BY pd.products_name. That's what should apply, and only that.
The sub-query ORDER BY shouldn't actually matter. You should get the same result removing it.
If you want a different sort order from pd.products_name, you have to ORDER BY the column required. In your case, you need to move orders.date_purchased to the main part of the query so you can use it to sort. Inverting the query, i.e. starting with what you want and relating everything else:
SELECT MAX(o.date_purchased) AS date_purchased, DISTINCT (op.products_id) AS products_id
p.products_id, p.products_image, p.products_tax_class_id, p.products_price
pd.products_name,
IF (s.status, s.specials_new_product_price, p.products_price) AS products_price
FROM orders o
LEFT JOIN orders_products op USING (orders_id)
LEFT JOIN products p USING (products_id)
LEFT JOIN products_description pd USING (products_id)
LEFT JOIN specials s USING (products_id)
WHERE o.customers_id = '27'
AND p.products_status = 1
AND pd.language_id = 2