value array representing a single aliased field * that can be passed directly to the select() method. * The key will contain the alias and the value the actual field name. * * If the field is already aliased, then it will not be changed. * If no $alias is passed, the default table for this query will be used. * * @param string $field The field to alias * @param string|null $alias the alias used to prefix the field * @return array */ public function aliasField(string $field, ?string $alias = null): array; /** * Runs `aliasField()` for each field in the provided list and returns * the result under a single array. * * @param array $fields The fields to alias * @param string|null $defaultAlias The default alias * @return array */ public function aliasFields(array $fields, ?string $defaultAlias = null): array; /** * Fetch the results for this query. * * Will return either the results set through setResult(), or execute this query * and return the ResultSetDecorator object ready for streaming of results. * * ResultSetDecorator is a traversable object that implements the methods found * on Cake\Collection\Collection. * * @return \Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface */ public function all(): ResultSetInterface; /** * Populates or adds parts to current query clauses using an array. * This is handy for passing all query clauses at once. The option array accepts: * * - fields: Maps to the select method * - conditions: Maps to the where method * - limit: Maps to the limit method * - order: Maps to the order method * - offset: Maps to the offset method * - group: Maps to the group method * - having: Maps to the having method * - contain: Maps to the contain options for eager loading * - join: Maps to the join method * - page: Maps to the page method * * ### Example: * * ``` * $query->applyOptions([ * 'fields' => ['id', 'name'], * 'conditions' => [ * 'created >=' => '2013-01-01' * ], * 'limit' => 10 * ]); * ``` * * Is equivalent to: * * ``` * $query * ->select(['id', 'name']) * ->where(['created >=' => '2013-01-01']) * ->limit(10) * ``` * * @param array $options list of query clauses to apply new parts to. * @return $this */ public function applyOptions(array $options); /** * Apply custom finds to against an existing query object. * * Allows custom find methods to be combined and applied to each other. * * ``` * $repository->find('all')->find('recent'); * ``` * * The above is an example of stacking multiple finder methods onto * a single query. * * @param string $finder The finder method to use. * @param array $options The options for the finder. * @return static Returns a modified query. */ public function find(string $finder, array $options = []); /** * Returns the first result out of executing this query, if the query has not been * executed before, it will set the limit clause to 1 for performance reasons. * * ### Example: * * ``` * $singleUser = $query->select(['id', 'username'])->first(); * ``` * * @return \Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface|array|null the first result from the ResultSet */ public function first(); /** * Returns the total amount of results for the query. * * @return int */ public function count(): int; /** * Sets the number of records that should be retrieved from database, * accepts an integer or an expression object that evaluates to an integer. * In some databases, this operation might not be supported or will require * the query to be transformed in order to limit the result set size. * * ### Examples * * ``` * $query->limit(10) // generates LIMIT 10 * $query->limit($query->newExpr()->add(['1 + 1'])); // LIMIT (1 + 1) * ``` * * @param \Cake\Database\ExpressionInterface|int|null $limit number of records to be returned * @return $this */ public function limit($limit); /** * Sets the number of records that should be skipped from the original result set * This is commonly used for paginating large results. Accepts an integer or an * expression object that evaluates to an integer. * * In some databases, this operation might not be supported or will require * the query to be transformed in order to limit the result set size. * * ### Examples * * ``` * $query->offset(10) // generates OFFSET 10 * $query->offset($query->newExpr()->add(['1 + 1'])); // OFFSET (1 + 1) * ``` * * @param \Cake\Database\ExpressionInterface|int|null $offset number of records to be skipped * @return $this */ public function offset($offset); /** * Adds a single or multiple fields to be used in the ORDER clause for this query. * Fields can be passed as an array of strings, array of expression * objects, a single expression or a single string. * * If an array is passed, keys will be used as the field itself and the value will * represent the order in which such field should be ordered. When called multiple * times with the same fields as key, the last order definition will prevail over * the others. * * By default this function will append any passed argument to the list of fields * to be selected, unless the second argument is set to true. * * ### Examples: * * ``` * $query->order(['title' => 'DESC', 'author_id' => 'ASC']); * ``` * * Produces: * * `ORDER BY title DESC, author_id ASC` * * ``` * $query * ->order(['title' => $query->newExpr('DESC NULLS FIRST')]) * ->order('author_id'); * ``` * * Will generate: * * `ORDER BY title DESC NULLS FIRST, author_id` * * ``` * $expression = $query->newExpr()->add(['id % 2 = 0']); * $query->order($expression)->order(['title' => 'ASC']); * ``` * * Will become: * * `ORDER BY (id %2 = 0), title ASC` * * If you need to set complex expressions as order conditions, you * should use `orderAsc()` or `orderDesc()`. * * @param \Cake\Database\ExpressionInterface|\Closure|array|string $fields fields to be added to the list * @param bool $overwrite whether to reset order with field list or not * @return $this */ public function order($fields, $overwrite = false); /** * Set the page of results you want. * * This method provides an easier to use interface to set the limit + offset * in the record set you want as results. If empty the limit will default to * the existing limit clause, and if that too is empty, then `25` will be used. * * Pages must start at 1. * * @param int $num The page number you want. * @param int|null $limit The number of rows you want in the page. If null * the current limit clause will be used. * @return $this * @throws \InvalidArgumentException If page number < 1. */ public function page(int $num, ?int $limit = null); /** * Returns an array representation of the results after executing the query. * * @return array */ public function toArray(): array; /** * Set the default Table object that will be used by this query * and form the `FROM` clause. * * @param \Cake\Datasource\RepositoryInterface $repository The default repository object to use * @return $this */ public function repository(RepositoryInterface $repository); /** * Returns the default repository object that will be used by this query, * that is, the repository that will appear in the from clause. * * @return \Cake\Datasource\RepositoryInterface|null $repository The default repository object to use */ public function getRepository(): ?RepositoryInterface; /** * Adds a condition or set of conditions to be used in the WHERE clause for this * query. Conditions can be expressed as an array of fields as keys with * comparison operators in it, the values for the array will be used for comparing * the field to such literal. Finally, conditions can be expressed as a single * string or an array of strings. * * When using arrays, each entry will be joined to the rest of the conditions using * an AND operator. Consecutive calls to this function will also join the new * conditions specified using the AND operator. Additionally, values can be * expressed using expression objects which can include other query objects. * * Any conditions created with this methods can be used with any SELECT, UPDATE * and DELETE type of queries. * * ### Conditions using operators: * * ``` * $query->where([ * 'posted >=' => new DateTime('3 days ago'), * 'title LIKE' => 'Hello W%', * 'author_id' => 1, * ], ['posted' => 'datetime']); * ``` * * The previous example produces: * * `WHERE posted >= 2012-01-27 AND title LIKE 'Hello W%' AND author_id = 1` * * Second parameter is used to specify what type is expected for each passed * key. Valid types can be used from the mapped with Database\Type class. * * ### Nesting conditions with conjunctions: * * ``` * $query->where([ * 'author_id !=' => 1, * 'OR' => ['published' => true, 'posted <' => new DateTime('now')], * 'NOT' => ['title' => 'Hello'] * ], ['published' => boolean, 'posted' => 'datetime'] * ``` * * The previous example produces: * * `WHERE author_id = 1 AND (published = 1 OR posted < '2012-02-01') AND NOT (title = 'Hello')` * * You can nest conditions using conjunctions as much as you like. Sometimes, you * may want to define 2 different options for the same key, in that case, you can * wrap each condition inside a new array: * * `$query->where(['OR' => [['published' => false], ['published' => true]])` * * Keep in mind that every time you call where() with the third param set to false * (default), it will join the passed conditions to the previous stored list using * the AND operator. Also, using the same array key twice in consecutive calls to * this method will not override the previous value. * * ### Using expressions objects: * * ``` * $exp = $query->newExpr()->add(['id !=' => 100, 'author_id' != 1])->tieWith('OR'); * $query->where(['published' => true], ['published' => 'boolean'])->where($exp); * ``` * * The previous example produces: * * `WHERE (id != 100 OR author_id != 1) AND published = 1` * * Other Query objects that be used as conditions for any field. * * ### Adding conditions in multiple steps: * * You can use callable functions to construct complex expressions, functions * receive as first argument a new QueryExpression object and this query instance * as second argument. Functions must return an expression object, that will be * added the list of conditions for the query using the AND operator. * * ``` * $query * ->where(['title !=' => 'Hello World']) * ->where(function ($exp, $query) { * $or = $exp->or(['id' => 1]); * $and = $exp->and(['id >' => 2, 'id <' => 10]); * return $or->add($and); * }); * ``` * * * The previous example produces: * * `WHERE title != 'Hello World' AND (id = 1 OR (id > 2 AND id < 10))` * * ### Conditions as strings: * * ``` * $query->where(['articles.author_id = authors.id', 'modified IS NULL']); * ``` * * The previous example produces: * * `WHERE articles.author_id = authors.id AND modified IS NULL` * * Please note that when using the array notation or the expression objects, all * values will be correctly quoted and transformed to the correspondent database * data type automatically for you, thus securing your application from SQL injections. * If you use string conditions make sure that your values are correctly quoted. * The safest thing you can do is to never use string conditions. * * @param \Closure|array|string|null $conditions The conditions to filter on. * @param array $types Associative array of type names used to bind values to query * @param bool $overwrite whether to reset conditions with passed list or not * @return $this */ public function where($conditions = null, array $types = [], bool $overwrite = false); }