come ottenere la posizione delle righe ordinate usando mysql e php

Ci sono due modi per farlo:

Metodo 1:

SET @i = 0;

SELECT * FROM 
scores s1 INNER JOIN (SELECT *, @i := @i + 1 AS rank FROM scores ORDER BY score DESC) AS s2 USING (id);

Metodo 2:

SELECT *, (SELECT COUNT(1) AS num FROM scores WHERE scores.score > s1.score) + 1 AS rank FROM scores AS s1
ORDER BY rank asc