PHP Alternative way to handle records filter in PHP

[Roy Harper]

I have a product page which has filters like search, category, and sort by (name, price).
And my code goes like this.

[CODE lang="php" title="PHP code for filtering results"]if(isset($_GET['category'])){
$products = $cakeOrdering->get_data("SELECT productID, prod_name, price, image FROM products WHERE categoryID = ? ORDER BY productID DESC LIMIT ?, ?", array($_GET['category'], $offset, $results_per_page));
}elseif(isset($_GET['search'])){
$search = $_GET['search'];
$products = $cakeOrdering->get_data("SELECT productID, prod_name, price, image FROM products WHERE prod_name LIKE ? OR prod_desc LIKE ? LIMIT ?, ?", array("%$search%", "%$search%", $offset, $results_per_page));
}elseif(isset($_GET['sort'])){
if($_GET['sort'] == "name"){
$products = $cakeOrdering->get_data("SELECT productID, prod_name, price, image FROM products ORDER BY prod_name LIMIT ?, ?", array($offset, $results_per_page));
}elseif($_GET['sort'] == "price"){
$products = $cakeOrdering->get_data("SELECT productID, prod_name, price, image FROM products ORDER BY price LIMIT ?, ?", array($offset, $results_per_page));
}
}else{
$products = $cakeOrdering->get_data("SELECT productID, prod_name, price, image FROM products ORDER BY productID DESC LIMIT ?, ?", array($offset, $results_per_page));
}[/CODE]

I think it is a bit overkill to have code like this because i have to make sure that I cover all the possible combinations of the filters. Like for example, the user wants to search through specific category, or, sort the search results based on their prices.
Is there a better alternative to do this?

 

[OldMan]

I'd use a switch statement instead of the elseif's. I'd look into pre sorting the database or doing a JS sort on the finished table.