Query Limit getting ignored

Question

I have this code and its calculating all the rows in the column correct and igonring the LIMIT 5

The line of code thats getting ignored

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$last5rate = $db->prepare("select sum(correct) 
from exams where username = :username ORDER BY testID DESC LIMIT 5");

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here is the whole code

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<?php

require('includes/config.php'); 

//if not logged in redirect to login page
if(!$user->is_logged_in()){ header('Location: login.php'); } 
$username = $_SESSION['username'];
$last5rate = $db->prepare("select sum(correct) from exams where username = :username ORDER BY testID DESC LIMIT 5");
$last5rate->execute(array(':username' => $username));
for($i=0; $rows = $last5rate->fetch(); $i++){
    //Edit this row
$last5  = $rows['sum(correct)'];
$last5final = $last5 / 10;
 }
echo $last5final;

?>

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I have tried the following methods

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select sum(correct) from exams where username 
= :username ORDER BY testID DESC LIMIT 0,5

AND

select sum(correct) from exams where username 
    = :username ORDER BY testID DESC LIMIT 5

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Answer 1

LIMIT limits the amount of results it returns

Your SUM always returns 1 result, so your limit will not do anything.

You might need something like this (untested, just for example)

SELECT sum(correct) FROM(
    select correct from exams where username 
    = :username DESC LIMIT 5
)

I removed the order, fiddle with it as needed.