Fr3nch13/CakePHP Utilities

The key will contain the alias and the value the actual field name.

If the field is already aliased, then it will not be changed. If no $alias is passed, the default table for this query will be used.

Will return either the results set through setResult(), or execute this query and return the ResultSetDecorator object ready for streaming of results.

ResultSetDecorator is a traversable object that implements the methods found on Cake\Collection\Collection.

This is handy for passing all query clauses at once. The option array accepts:

• fields: Maps to the select method
• conditions: Maps to the where method
• limit: Maps to the limit method
• order: Maps to the order method
• offset: Maps to the offset method
• group: Maps to the group method
• having: Maps to the having method
• contain: Maps to the contain options for eager loading
• join: Maps to the join method
• page: Maps to the page method

Example:

$query->applyOptions([
  'fields' => ['id', 'name'],
  'conditions' => [
    'created >=' => '2013-01-01'
  ],
  'limit' => 10
]);

Is equivalent to:

 $query
 ->select(['id', 'name'])
 ->where(['created >=' => '2013-01-01'])
 ->limit(10)

Allows custom find methods to be combined and applied to each other.

$repository->find('all')->find('recent');

The above is an example of stacking multiple finder methods onto a single query.

Example:

$singleUser = $query->select(['id', 'username'])->first();

In some databases, this operation might not be supported or will require the query to be transformed in order to limit the result set size.

Examples

$query->limit(10) // generates LIMIT 10
$query->limit($query->newExpr()->add(['1 + 1'])); // LIMIT (1 + 1)

In some databases, this operation might not be supported or will require the query to be transformed in order to limit the result set size.

Examples

 $query->offset(10) // generates OFFSET 10
 $query->offset($query->newExpr()->add(['1 + 1'])); // OFFSET (1 + 1)

Fields can be passed as an array of strings, array of expression objects, a single expression or a single string.

If an array is passed, keys will be used as the field itself and the value will represent the order in which such field should be ordered. When called multiple times with the same fields as key, the last order definition will prevail over the others.

By default this function will append any passed argument to the list of fields to be selected, unless the second argument is set to true.

Examples:

$query->order(['title' => 'DESC', 'author_id' => 'ASC']);

Produces:

ORDER BY title DESC, author_id ASC

$query
    ->order(['title' => $query->newExpr('DESC NULLS FIRST')])
    ->order('author_id');

Will generate:

ORDER BY title DESC NULLS FIRST, author_id

$expression = $query->newExpr()->add(['id % 2 = 0']);
$query->order($expression)->order(['title' => 'ASC']);

Will become:

ORDER BY (id %2 = 0), title ASC

If you need to set complex expressions as order conditions, you should use orderAsc() or orderDesc().

This method provides an easier to use interface to set the limit + offset in the record set you want as results. If empty the limit will default to the existing limit clause, and if that too is empty, then 25 will be used.

Pages must start at 1.

Calling this function multiple times will append more fields to the list of fields to be selected.

If true is passed in the second argument, any previous selections will be overwritten with the list passed in the first argument.

When using arrays, each entry will be joined to the rest of the conditions using an AND operator. Consecutive calls to this function will also join the new conditions specified using the AND operator. Additionally, values can be expressed using expression objects which can include other query objects.

Any conditions created with this methods can be used with any SELECT, UPDATE and DELETE type of queries.

Conditions using operators:

 $query->where([
     'posted >=' => new DateTime('3 days ago'),
     'title LIKE' => 'Hello W%',
     'author_id' => 1,
 ], ['posted' => 'datetime']);

The previous example produces:

WHERE posted >= 2012-01-27 AND title LIKE 'Hello W%' AND author_id = 1

Second parameter is used to specify what type is expected for each passed key. Valid types can be used from the mapped with Database\Type class.

Nesting conditions with conjunctions:

 $query->where([
     'author_id !=' => 1,
     'OR' => ['published' => true, 'posted <' => new DateTime('now')],
     'NOT' => ['title' => 'Hello']
 ], ['published' => boolean, 'posted' => 'datetime']

The previous example produces:

WHERE author_id = 1 AND (published = 1 OR posted < '2012-02-01') AND NOT (title = 'Hello')

You can nest conditions using conjunctions as much as you like. Sometimes, you may want to define 2 different options for the same key, in that case, you can wrap each condition inside a new array:

$query->where(['OR' => [['published' => false], ['published' => true]])

Keep in mind that every time you call where() with the third param set to false (default), it will join the passed conditions to the previous stored list using the AND operator. Also, using the same array key twice in consecutive calls to this method will not override the previous value.

Using expressions objects:

 $exp = $query->newExpr()->add(['id !=' => 100, 'author_id' != 1])->tieWith('OR');
 $query->where(['published' => true], ['published' => 'boolean'])->where($exp);

The previous example produces:

WHERE (id != 100 OR author_id != 1) AND published = 1

Other Query objects that be used as conditions for any field.

Adding conditions in multiple steps:

You can use callable functions to construct complex expressions, functions receive as first argument a new QueryExpression object and this query instance as second argument. Functions must return an expression object, that will be added the list of conditions for the query using the AND operator.

 $query
 ->where(['title !=' => 'Hello World'])
 ->where(function ($exp, $query) {
     $or = $exp->or(['id' => 1]);
     $and = $exp->and(['id >' => 2, 'id <' => 10]);
 return $or->add($and);
 });

• The previous example produces:

WHERE title != 'Hello World' AND (id = 1 OR (id > 2 AND id < 10))

Conditions as strings:

 $query->where(['articles.author_id = authors.id', 'modified IS NULL']);

The previous example produces:

WHERE articles.author_id = authors.id AND modified IS NULL

Please note that when using the array notation or the expression objects, all values will be correctly quoted and transformed to the correspondent database data type automatically for you, thus securing your application from SQL injections. If you use string conditions make sure that your values are correctly quoted. The safest thing you can do is to never use string conditions.