html - Sorting top three using mysql/php -

i want 3 entities highest value database, sort them , place them in each div's scoreboard top three. able separate fields (id, name, description etc.) , retrieve using example:

<?php echo $sql['id']; ?> 

i know code retrieve info , sort it:

$sql = ("select * table order tablefield desc limit 3"); 

but don't know how place 3 entities each div's , separate entity's fields name, description etc.

if using mysql (pdo), highly recommend, it's done follows:

$sql = "select * table order tablefield desc limit 3"; $stmt = $conn->prepare($sql); $stmt->execute();  /*here multidimentional array information wanted*/ $rows = $stmt->fetchall(pdo::fetch_assoc);   //this 1 method of extracting information //if want place them in specific divs //question suggests, use array //inside divs instead echoing them out in //this foreach loop  foreach ($rows $row) {   foreach ($row $key => $value)   {      echo $key.": ".$value."<br>";   }   echo "<br>"; }  /*alternatively use:  print_r($rows);  if want have quick @ composition of array*/