codeigniter custom where子句中的错误

Question

I'm referring the codeigniter user guide to write a custom where clause. as per the guide it says for custom where clauses write like this.

 $where = "name='Joe' AND status='boss' OR status='active'";
 $this->db->where($where); 

but when i use in my model browser is throwing an error.

A Database Error Occurred

Error Number: 1054

Unknown column 'user_name='Joe'' in 'where clause'

SELECT * FROM (`Management`) WHERE `user_name='Joe'` AND password='boss' OR password='active'

Filename: /var/www/models/hr_login_model.php

Line Number: 28

this is just a testing query. my actual query is dynamic one and it is also giving this error.

$where = "user_name='".$username."' AND password='".$password."' AND Department='".$dep_br."' OR Br_no='".$dep_br."'";

why it always taking the column name and the value, both as a column name?

Answer 1

use following

$where = "user_name='$username' AND password='$password' AND (Department='$dep_br' OR Br_no='$dep_br')";