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public function ConditionInterface::condition in Zircon Profile 8

Same name in this branch
  1. 8 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Query/ConditionInterface.php \Drupal\Core\Entity\Query\ConditionInterface::condition()
  2. 8 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Query/ConditionInterface.php \Drupal\Core\Database\Query\ConditionInterface::condition()
Same name and namespace in other branches
  1. 8.0 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Query/ConditionInterface.php \Drupal\Core\Database\Query\ConditionInterface::condition()

Helper function: builds the most common conditional clauses.

This method can take a variable number of parameters. If called with two parameters, they are taken as $field and $value with $operator having a value of =.

Do not use this method to test for NULL values. Instead, use QueryConditionInterface::isNull() or QueryConditionInterface::isNotNull().

Drupal considers LIKE case insensitive and the following is often used to tell the database that case insensitive equivalence is desired:

db_select('users')
  ->condition('name', db_like($name), 'LIKE');

Use 'LIKE BINARY' instead of 'LIKE' for case sensitive queries.

Note: When using MySQL, the exact behavior also depends on the used collation. if the field is set to binary, then a LIKE condition will also be case sensitive and when a case insensitive collation is used, the = operator will also be case insensitive.

Parameters

$field: The name of the field to check. If you would like to add a more complex condition involving operators or functions, use where().

$value: The value to test the field against. In most cases, this is a scalar. For more complex options, it is an array. The meaning of each element in the array is dependent on the $operator.

$operator: The comparison operator, such as =, <, or >=. It also accepts more complex options such as IN, LIKE, LIKE BINARY, or BETWEEN. Defaults to =.

Return value

\Drupal\Core\Database\Query\ConditionInterface The called object.

See also

\Drupal\Core\Database\Query\ConditionInterface::isNull()

\Drupal\Core\Database\Query\ConditionInterface::isNotNull()

2 methods override ConditionInterface::condition()
Condition::condition in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Query/Condition.php
Helper function: builds the most common conditional clauses.
SelectExtender::condition in core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Query/SelectExtender.php
Helper function: builds the most common conditional clauses.

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Query/ConditionInterface.php, line 57
Contains \Drupal\Core\Database\Query\ConditionInterface.

Class

ConditionInterface
Interface for a conditional clause in a query.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Database\Query

Code

public function condition($field, $value = NULL, $operator = '=');