cakephp find all condition AND OR

Question

Below is my condition:

'OR' =>
    array(
        'AND' => array(
            array('EventCompetitor.is_black' => 1),
            array('EventCompetitor.is_adult' => 1)
        ),
        'AND' => array(
            array('EventCompetitor.is_black' => 0),
            array('EventCompetitor.is_adult' => 0)
        ),
    ),

When I debug my query, it comes something like this, which is wrong:

AND ((`EventCompetitor`.`is_black` = 0) AND (`EventCompetitor`.`is_adult` = 0)) AND

Now, that's not what I want, I want it something like this:

((`EventCompetitor`.`is_black` = 1) AND (`EventCompetitor`.`is_adult` = 1)) OR ((`EventCompetitor`.`is_black` = 0) AND (`EventCompetitor`.`is_adult` = 0))

Any idea, how can I achieve it?

Thanks !

Answer 1

your subkeys in your "OR" keyed array are the same name, with the second key effectively overwriting the first. you need to encapsulate those "AND" conditions in their own arrays, to prevent the key collision.

eg. instead of:

'OR' =>
        array(
               'AND' => array(
                              array('EventCompetitor.is_black' => 1),
                              array('EventCompetitor.is_adult' => 1)
                        ),
               'AND' => array(
                              array('EventCompetitor.is_black' => 0),
                              array('EventCompetitor.is_adult' => 0)
                        ),
             ),

do:

'OR' =>
        array(
               array('AND' => array(
                              array('EventCompetitor.is_black' => 1),
                              array('EventCompetitor.is_adult' => 1)
                        )),
               array('AND' => array(
                              array('EventCompetitor.is_black' => 0),
                              array('EventCompetitor.is_adult' => 0)
                        )),
             ),

Answer 2

I haven't tested it, but I think you need the following:

'OR' =>
    array(
        array(
            array('EventCompetitor.is_black' => 1),
            array('EventCompetitor.is_adult' => 1)
        ),
        array(
            array('EventCompetitor.is_black' => 0),
            array('EventCompetitor.is_adult' => 0)
        )
    )

AND is implied between conditions, you only have to define OR groups