Question

I have a long query like this:

$a=$this->Signin->find('all',
    array(
        'fields'=> array(
            .....
        ),
        'conditions' => array('mytable.user_type ...),
        'order' => ....
        'limit' => ....
));

user_type column can take values of 0 or 1.
I have a function parameter $type, regarding to this parameter, I need to change my SQL query. Regarding to $type I will query for

• “mytable.user_type”=1,
• “mytable.user_type”=0,
• “mytable.user_type”=1 OR “mytable.user_type=0

I don’t want to write same query three times. I want to change only conditions part. Is it possible?

Answer 1

you can define $type as an array and manage the values in $type

Like for multiple values

$type = array(1,0);
'conditions' => array('mytable.user_type'=>$type)

for single value

$type = array(1);
'conditions' => array('mytable.user_type'=>$type)

Hence you just need to manipulate $type as per condition, Hope this work