Associative array turned into where OR clause in Codeigniter

Question

using CI I'm trying to set up query with three parameters: user_id, content_type and content_id in which content_id is array of IDs.

So I need to get up with something like this:

SELECT name FROM content WHERE user_id = 2 AND content_type = file AND (content_id = 4 OR content_id = 5 OR content_id = 7 ...).

1. question: is this right query to get all the content_ids?

2. does CI have any function where I can say

       $this->db->select('name');
       $this->db->from('content');
       $this->db->where('user_id', $user_id);
       $this->db->where('content_ids', $content_ids);
       $this->db->where('content_type', $content_type);
   

   just so that middle where clause is actually where with nested ORs in between and its filled with associative array ($content_ids)?

Thank you for answers.

EDIT: I have found a solution: where_in command does exactly what I need.

Answer 1

You can use IN clause to replace many OR conditions

So your query within Active Records looks like

$content_ids = array(4,5,7);
$where = array('user_id' => $user_id,'content_type' => $content_type);
$this->db->select('name');
$this->db->from('content');
$this->db->where($where);//created array of where clause
$this->db->where_in('content_type', $content_ids);
return $this->db->get()->result_array();