like()

like($field, $content, $condition = 'AND')

Add a LIKE condition to your select query
@param String $field
@param String $content
@param String $condition
@return PhpBURN_Core

Params

$field
Model field that will receive LIKE statement

$content
The LIKE content statement. Ex. “A%” or “%Smith” or “%Jo%”

$condition (optional)
By default it have “AND” condition but you can change it to another one if you fill this optional field

Explanation

LIKE statement is a very handy tool for many reasons ( autocompletions, full-text searchs, etc… )

Let’s see it in action:

$user = new Users();

$user->like('first_name','A%');

$user->find();

while($user->fetch()) {
        print_r($user->toArray());
}

It will return all our Users that first_name begins with A, for example: Andy, Anderson, Acid, etc…

Other very handy way of use this is for FULL-TEXT search for example:

$user = new Users();

$user->like('first_name','%JO%');

$user->find();

while($user->fetch()) {
        print_r($user->toArray());
}

It will bring us all users with JO in any part of their fist_name such as Mojo, John, Mijoyo, etc….