Yii: searching for a date period - yii

Question

I've a table with 2 mysql DATE field 'validFrom' and 'validTo'.
I need to allow user to search for a period beetween validFrom and validTo (included)
search using
validFrom >= searched validFrom
and
validTo <= searched validTo
What must I change ? the search() ? .
The Gii created code tell me this (i think it's a 'LIKE %string%' search )
$criteria->compare('validFromDate',$this->validFromDate,true);
$criteria->compare('validToDate',$this->validToDate,true);

Answer 1

$criteria->addBetweenCondition('colName', $this->validFrom, $this->validTo);

Answer 2

public function search() {
// Warning: Please modify the following code to remove attributes that
// should not be searched.
$criteria = new CDbCriteria;
$criteria->with = array('user');
$criteria->compare('nota_id', $this->nota_id, true);
$criteria->compare('user.nume', $this->filter_nume, true);
$criteria->compare('persoana1', $this->persoana1, true);
$criteria->compare('persoana2', $this->persoana2, true);
$d = $this->getFilterDateRange($this->data_discutie);
if (!empty($d[0]) && !empty($d[1])) {
// between condition
$criteria->addBetweenCondition('data_discutie', $d[0], $d[1]);
} else if (!empty($d[0])) {
$criteria->compare('data_discutie', '>=' . $d[0]);
} else if (!empty($d[1])) {
$criteria->compare('data_discutie', '<=' . $d[1]);
}
$d = null;
//echo $this->urmatoarea_discutie;
$d = $this->getFilterDateRange($this->urmatoarea_discutie);
//print_R($d);
if (!empty($d[0]) && !empty($d[1])) {
// between condition
$criteria->addBetweenCondition('urmatoarea_discutie', $d[0], $d[1]);
} else if (!empty($d[0])) {
$criteria->compare('urmatoarea_discutie', '>=' . $d[0]);
} else if (!empty($d[1])) {
$criteria->compare('urmatoarea_discutie', '<=' . $d[1]);
}
return new CActiveDataProvider($this, array(
'criteria' => $criteria,
'pagination' => array(
'pageSize' => '15',
),
'sort' => array(
'defaultOrder' => 'coalesce(nullif(t.urmatoarea_discutie, ""), \'zzzzzz\') ASC, t.data_discutie ASC',
'attributes' => array(
'urmatoarea_discutie',
'data_discutie',
'persoana2',
'persoana1',
'filter_nume' => array(
'asc' => 'user.nume asc',
'desc' => 'user.nume desc'
),
),
),
));
}
protected function getFilterDateRange($key) {
$ret = array(&$from, &$to);
switch ($key) {
case '-1':
// past
$to = strtotime('next hour');
break;
case '1':
// future
$from = strtotime('last hour');
break;
case '-7':
$from = strtotime('-1 week last monday midnight');
$to = strtotime('last sunday midnight');
break;
case '7':
$from = strtotime('last monday');
$to = strtotime('next sunday midnight');
break;
}
return $ret;
}

Answer 3

Depending on what you want to do, the search() in the model is not necessarily be the place you want to be looking. Here is a standard Yii query:
$model = WhateverModel::model()->findAll(array(
"condition" => "'.date('Y-m-d H:i:s' BETWEEN validRrom AND validTo).'",
));
You will have to give a bit more detail if you more detailed help :)