How to JOIN three tables in Codeigniter

Question

I\'m using codeigniter framework to develop one music cms. i have 3 tables in mysql database, Currently im working in \"Album\" Table and \"Model, Controller\". i want to SE

Answer 1

Try as follows:

public function funcname($id)
{
    $this->db->select('*');
    $this->db->from('Album a'); 
    $this->db->join('Category b', 'b.cat_id=a.cat_id', 'left');
    $this->db->join('Soundtrack c', 'c.album_id=a.album_id', 'left');
    $this->db->where('c.album_id',$id);
    $this->db->order_by('c.track_title','asc');         
    $query = $this->db->get(); 
    return $query->result_array();
}

If no result found CI returns false otherwise true