Question

I have the following codeigniter model function:

function get_successful($project_id, $amount_backed){
    $data = '';

    $this->db->where('id', $project_id); 
    $this->db->where($amount_backed >= 'funding_goal'); //HELP HERE
    $this->db->where('published', '1'); 

......

    return $data;
}

I need to only get records where the variable $amount_backed is higher or equal to the field 'funding_goal'.

How can this be done with codeigniters active record?

Answer 1

One possibility would be:

$this->db->where('funding_goal <=', $amount_backed);

Also see the CodeIgniter User Guide, search for $this->db->where(); and look at Custom key/value method, there is following example:

$this->db->where(‘id <‘, $id);

P.s.: there are two more alternatives: Associative array method and Custom string.