wrong id returned in join

Yes, in fact I would never have a column called 'id', I have 'user_id', 'letter_id', 'address_id' etc. etc. which is probably why I have never had this issue.

Also, using select fields is something I am trying to be stricter on with myself, as it minimizes array sizes too, which with multiple joins can become quite huge in size. But I have lots of bad coding habits, that I have only realized are bad coding habits with experience. Goodness knows what else I do wrong without realizing it yet :-)