"Inverted join"?

Original - php Code create table users ( user_id int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, answer_id int unsigned NOT NULL REFERENCES answers, name varchar(100) NOT NULL, email varchar(255) NOT NULL, street varchar(100) NOT NULL, zipcode varchar(6) NOT NULL, city varchar(50) NOT NULL, phone varchar(20) NOT NULL, winner bit NOT NULL, create_date datetime NOT NULL, modify_date timestamp(14) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (user_id) ); create table winners ( winner_id int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, competion_id int REFERENCES competions, user_id int NOT NULL REFERENCES users, create_date datetime NOT NULL, modify_date timestamp(14) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (winner_id) );

 
create table users (
    user_id int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
    answer_id int unsigned NOT NULL REFERENCES answers,
    name varchar(100) NOT NULL,
    email varchar(255) NOT NULL,
    street varchar(100) NOT NULL,
    zipcode varchar(6) NOT NULL,
    city varchar(50) NOT NULL,
    phone varchar(20) NOT NULL,
    winner bit NOT NULL,
    create_date datetime NOT NULL,
    modify_date timestamp(14) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (user_id)
);
 
create table winners (
    winner_id int unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
    competion_id int REFERENCES competions,
    user_id int NOT NULL REFERENCES users,
    create_date datetime NOT NULL,
    modify_date timestamp(14) NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (winner_id)
); 

Original - php Code SELECT DISTINCT(u.user_id) as user_id, u.name as name, u.email as email, u.city as city, IF(w.user_id, 1, 0) as winner FROM users u LEFT JOIN winners w ON u.user_id = w.user_id ORDER BY u.create_date DESC;

 
SELECT DISTINCT(u.user_id) as user_id, u.name as name, u.email as email, u.city as city, IF(w.user_id, 1, 0) as winner FROM users u LEFT JOIN winners w ON u.user_id = w.user_id  ORDER BY u.create_date DESC;