Echo query before execution and without execution in codeigniter Active Record

Question

I am looking for a way to see generated string of the query but without executing it.

Note that the query hasn\'t been executed before. (I do not wa

Answer 1

I added this little method in DB_active_rec.php

function return_query()
{
    return $this->_compile_select();
}

Usage

$this->db->select('id,user_name')->from('user')->where('id',1);

$string =   $this->db->return_query();
echo $string;

Result

SELECT `id`, `user_name` FROM (`user`) WHERE `id` = 1

In this way you are bound to use

$this->db->from()

Instead of

$this->db->get()

Which runs the query