Question

I have a query that has this as part of it:

$this->db->where(array(
                 'jobs.open_intentions' => 1,
                 'jobs.open'            => 1, 
                 'jobs.pending'         => 0,
                 'jobs.awarded'         => 0));

Which works fine, but I don’t like that format, actually I would much rather write it like

$this->db->where('jobs.open_intentions', 1) 
         ->where('jobs.open', 1) 
         ->where('jobs.pending', 0)
         ->where('jobs.awarded', 0);

Nit picking I know, but anyway, my question is, is there any reason I should choose one method over the other or is it just a matter of preference?

Answer 1

Semantically speaking, the latter (multiple wheres) feels more like multiple AND-clauses to me. With the former, the intent is unclear (without looking at the API docs).