CodeIgniter - MySQL join when there are no rows in secound table

Question

I have this query in model:

  public function Games() {
    $q = $this->db->select('games.id, games.title, games.slug, games.dev_id, games.dev, games.plat_id, games.plat');
    $q = $this->db->from('games');
    $q = $this->db->join('rates', 'games.id = rates.game_id');
    $q = $this->db->select_avg('rates.rate');
    $q = $this->db->get();

    return $q->result();
}

My goal is listing everything from games, additionally getting average rate from rates when available. Now it only shows those rows which are in both tables. How can I solve this?

Answer 1

Use this instruction

$this->db->select('games.id, games.title, games.slug, games.dev_id, games.dev, games.plat_id, games.plat');
$this->db->select_avg('rates.rate');
$this->db->from('games');
$this->db->join('rates', 'games.id = rates.game_id','left');
$this->db->group_by('rates.game_id');
$q = $this->db->get();

Left join will bring multiple results. using avg and group by will restrict to fetch only one row against each record.