Question

Is it possible to CONCAT values of two table columns using the Yii’s ActiveRecord methods and patterns?

If is, how?

I’m currently using this:

return $this->findByAttributes(array('alias' => $alias));

But in this I need to return the concated string/values.

Please help.

Answer 1

If you are looking for something like that:

select username||'@'||domain from user_mail_table;

to receive concatenated values – so i don’t think, that it’s possible.
That’s not the idea of ActiveRecord.

If you like to concat values like the example above, you should take DAO
http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/database.dao
…or if you need ActiveRecord, you should concat the values inside your application

$mailaddress=$model->username.'@'.$model->domain;