Codeigniter parentheses in dynamic Active Record query

Question

I\'m producing a query like the following using ActiveRecord

SELECT * FROM (`foods`) WHERE `type` = \'fruits\' AND 
       `tags` LIKE \'%green%\' OR `tags`          


        

Answer 1

You can't add parentheses in ActiveRecord, but maybe WHERE IN is what you're looking for?

$names = array('Frank', 'Todd', 'James');
$this->db->where_in('username', $names);
// Produces: WHERE username IN ('Frank', 'Todd', 'James')