like OR operator in Cakephp - sql

Question

I am new to cakephp and I want to add or, and, and like to my existing query.
I want to make a condition like this
WHERE 'Message.user_id = Contact.user_id' AND 'Message.mobileNo LIKE'=>"%Contact.mobileNo" OR LIKE'=>"%Contact.homeNo" OR LIKE'=>"%Contact.workNo"
My query is
$this->bindModel(array(
'belongsTo' => array(
'Contact' => array(
'className' => 'Contact',
'foreignKey' => false,
'conditions' => array(
'Message.user_id = Contact.user_id',
'Message.mobileNo = Contact.mobileNo'
),
'type' => 'inner'
)
)
), false);
$this->find('all', array('conditions' => array(),
'fields' => array('DISTINCT mobileNo')));

Answer 1

you can use like below in your existing query.
$this->find('all', array(
'conditions' => array(
'OR' => array(
array(
"Message.mobileNo LIKE" => "%Contact.mobileNo",
),
array(
"Message.mobileNo LIKE" => "%Contact.homeNo",
),
array(
"Message.mobileNo LIKE" => "%Contact.workNo",
)
)
),
'fields' => array('DISTINCT mobileNo')
));
And you can also refer Detail Document for simple search with like

Answer 2

you can use: for "like"
$this->Post->find("all",array('condition'=>array('Author
LIKE'=>"ad%")));
above query will give You the data from table posts where author name starts with "ad".
for "OR"
$this->Post->find("all",array('condition'=>array("OR"=>array('Author
LIKE'=>"ad%",'Author LIKE'=>"bo%"))));
above query will give You the data from table posts where author name starts with "ad" OR "bo"
This blog post can b useful to u as well!