Question

How could I select the month part only in a DATE datatype column
using CodeIgniter’s active record class? What would be my query?

Im also confused what do i need to use,.. LIKE or WHERE clause?

Please give me examples.

Answer 1

try this snippet,

$where = "MONTH(dateColumn) = 4"; // comparing on April
$this->db->where($where);

• MONTH

According to Active Record Doc, the WHERE uses for methods.

• Simple key/value method
• Custom key/value method
• Associative array method
• Custom string (which is the example above)

SOURCE

• Active Record Class