Question

$params['title'] is a string and $params['feed'] is an integer. Column’s ‘title’ type is varchar and column’s ‘feed’ type is integer. The PHP code is:

$this->db->where('title', $params['title']);
$this->db->where('feed', $params['feed']);
$query = $this->db->get('news');

So everything should be fine, BUT…

A Database Error Occurred
Error Number: 1064
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'riots: intense anger after deaths of three young men AND `feed` = '1'' at line 3
SELECT * FROM (`news`) WHERE `title` = Birmingham riots: intense anger after deaths of three young men AND `feed` = '1'
Filename: C:\path\system\database\DB_driver.php
Line Number: 330

Of course, it’s obvious why an error occurred. Is there any way to fix it (apart from not using active record class)? Looked at CI’s documentation, but have no idea why this problem occurred.

EDIT

Solved by changing to

$this->db->where('title', (string) $params['title']);

And other clause accordingly. And now have a bunch of identical errors in other models. Well, I guess the only solution is to add var type everywhere manually.

Answer 1

It looks like this SimpleXML class’s title property isn’t a string.

You could simply cast it to a string as soon as you get it, instead of waiting until you do the insert.

data['title'] = (string) $item->title;