Inserting PHP strings in reverse order in Mysql

I'm stumped; I am guessing this is something simple ...?

I am inserting data collected from PHPExcel (although it probably doesn't matter). On my test box (Windows WAMP server) this works fine. When I run on a linux server, the data enters the database from the bottom up. My first line is the title (name, email, address, etc.). It ends up last in SQL. Of course I can undo the output, but I know better what I'm doing wrong, especially since I'm not sure if it's 100% predictable.

I tried using prep stmt inside a loop - doesn't make any difference.

Any help?

// Prep ahead of loop to save cpu time
$insert_stmt = $dbc->prepare
("INSERT INTO contacts (id, name, dept, u1, u2) VALUES (0, ?, ?, ?, ?)");

for ($row = $chosenRow; $row < sizeof($temp) +1; $row++){
    // To allow dynamic # of cols, must always check to see if data is available
    $u1 = array_key_exists(1, $temp[$row])?$temp[$row][1]:"";
    $u2 = array_key_exists(2, $temp[$row])?$temp[$row][2]:"";


    $insert_stmt->bind_param('siss', $temp[$row][0], $importToDept,$u1,$u2);

    // PRINTING OF THIS PARAM ROW HERE SHOWS PROPER ORDER

    // Execute the prepared query.
    if (! $insert_stmt->execute() ) {
        doError();
        exit();
    }
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

Contacts creation table (but looking at the database via PHPAdmin shows that the rows are reversed in the DB, so probably not a creation issue):

$items = $dbc->query("SELECT * FROM contacts WHERE dept = $dept_id");

    echo "<table style='border-collapse:collapse; border:0px; margin-top:25px;'>";
    $row = 0;
    foreach ($items as $v){
        if ($limit > 0 && $row > $limit)
            break;
        echo "<tr>";
        foreach ($v as $key=>$col){
            if ($key == "id" || $key == "dept")
                continue;
            if ($row == 0)
                echo "<th>$col</th>";
            else 
                echo "<td>$col</td>";
        }
        echo "</tr>";
        $row++;
    }
    echo "</table>";