data escaping remove for specific filed in cakephp - php

Question

I am using subquery for id field.
$db = $this->AccountRequest->getDataSource();
$subQuery = $db->buildStatement(
array(
'fields' => array('MAX(id)'),
'table' => $db->fullTableName($this->AccountRequest),
'alias' => 'MaxRecord',
'limit' => null,
'offset' => null,
'order' => null,
'group' => array("user_id")
),
$this->AccountRequest
);
$searching_parameters = array(
#"AccountRequest.id IN " => "(SELECT MAX( id ) FROM `account_requests` GROUP BY user_id)"
"AccountRequest.id IN " => "(".$subQuery.")"
);
$this->Paginator->settings = array(
#'fields' => array('AccountRequest.*'),
'conditions' => $searching_parameters,
'limit' => $limit,
'page' => $page_number,
#'group' => array("AccountRequest.user_id"),
'order' => array(
'AccountRequest.id' => 'DESC'
)
);
$data = $this->Paginator->paginate('AccountRequest');
This structure is producing a query is:
SELECT
`AccountRequest`.`id`,
`AccountRequest`.`user_id`,
`AccountRequest`.`email`,
`AccountRequest`.`emailchange`,
`AccountRequest`.`email_previously_changed`,
`AccountRequest`.`first_name`,
`AccountRequest`.`first_namechange`,
`AccountRequest`.`f_name_previously_changed`,
`AccountRequest`.`last_name`,
`AccountRequest`.`last_namechange`,
`AccountRequest`.`l_name_previously_changed`,
`AccountRequest`.`reason`,
`AccountRequest`.`status`,
`AccountRequest`.`created`,
`AccountRequest`.`modified`
FROM
`syonserv_meetauto`.`account_requests` AS `AccountRequest`
WHERE
`AccountRequest`.`id` IN '(SELECT MAX(id) FROM `syonserv_meetauto`.`account_requests` AS `MaxRecord` WHERE 1 = 1 GROUP BY user_id)'
ORDER BY
`AccountRequest`.`id` DESC
LIMIT 25
In the subquery, its add an extra single quote so it's producing an error.
So, How can I remove these single quotes from this subquery?
Thanks

Answer 1

What are you trying to achieve with the sub query?
The MAX(id) just means it will pull the id with the largest value AKA the most recent insert. The sub query is completely redundant when you can just ORDER BY id DESC.
using MAX() will return only one record, if this is what you want to achieve you can replicate by adding LIMIT 1
If the sub query is just an example and is meant to be from another table I would just run the query that gets the most recent id before running the main query. Getting the last inserted id in a separate query is very quick and I cant see much of a performance loss. I think it will result in cleaner code that`s easier to follow to.
edit 1: From the comments it sounds like all your trying to get is a particular users latest account_requests.
You dont need the sub query at all. My query below will get the most recent account record for the user id you choose.
$this->Paginator->settings = array(
'fields' => array('AccountRequest.*'),
'conditions' => array(
'AccountRequest.user_id' => $userID // you need to set the $userID
)
'page' => $page_number,
'order' => array(
'AccountRequest.id DESC' //shows most recent first
),
'limit' => 1 // set however many you want the maximum to be
);
The other thing you cold be meaning is to get multiple entries from multiple users and display them in order of user first and then the order of recent to old for that user. MYSQL lets you order by more than one field, in that case try:
$this->Paginator->settings = array(
'conditions' => array(
'AccountRequest.user_id' => $userID // you need to set the $userID
)
'page' => $page_number,
'order' => array(
'AccountRequest.user_id', //order by the users first
'AccountRequest.id DESC' //then order there requests by recent to old
)
);

Answer 2

If the example data you have added into the question is irrelevant and you are only concerned about how to do nested subqueries it has already been answered here
CakePHP nesting two select queries
However I still think based on the data in the question you can avoid using a nested query.