order a variable to display from the highest to the lowest

[simon2x1]

my code below will echo the position of the user if the number($nm) fallbetween the range so let say i have $nm = 10,4,3,3,1 respectively the position will be(staff,staff,staff,marketer,staff) instead of(marketer,staff,staff,staff,staff) how can i arrange so that marketer come first(marketer,staff,staff,staff,staff).

$query = "SELECT DISTINCT username,num FROM user ORDER BY num DESC LIMIT 5";
$result = mysql_query ($query) or die('query error');
while( $line = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
 
$um = $line[username];
$nm = $line[num];
 
echo "name:$um";
 
if($nm <= 50){
echo "Position: president";
}else if($nm <= 40){
echo "Position: vice";
}else if($nm <= 30){
echo "Position: manager";
}else if($nm <= 20){
echo "Position: marketer";
}else if($nm <= 10){
echo "Position: staff";
}

[Rabbit]

Actually, according to your code, everyone would be a president unless they have a num larger than 50.

But that aside, you have a num of 3 that is assigned two positions in your example. That makes no sense.