syntax between inside syntax like in php(laravel) - php

Question

i wanna make a query to get start date and end date using between,
and start_date & end_date is an input from user so i use syntax like '%'.
here my code, but not working
public function getData()
{
$inputname = Input::get('searchname');
$startdate = Input::get('tglmulai');
$enddate = Input::get('tglsiap');
$name = DB::table('tr_visit')
->join('tm_child','tr_visit.Child_ID','=','tm_child.Child_ID')
->select('tm_child.Child_Name','Bmi_Score')
->where('tm_child.Child_Name', 'LIKE', '%'.$inputname.'%')
->whereBetween('Visit_Date', 'LIKE', '%'.$startdate.'%' and 'LIKE', '%'.$enddate.'%')
->get();
return view('Laporan.Kehadiran.kehadiranview', compact('name'));
}

Answer 1

Please always check the documentation for code examples using the methods you wanted.
Where Between
Notably, the whereBetween http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/queries#advanced-wheres
I havent used that particular method myself, but it looked off so i found the doco and saw this:
$users = DB::table('users')
->whereBetween('votes', array(1, 100))->get();
I cant run your code to be certain, but it seems like this might work for you:
public function getData()
{
$inputname = Input::get('searchname');
$startdate = Input::get('tglmulai');
$enddate = Input::get('tglsiap');
$name = DB::table('tr_visit')
->join('tm_child','tr_visit.Child_ID','=','tm_child.Child_ID')
->select('tm_child.Child_Name','Bmi_Score')
->where('tm_child.Child_Name', 'LIKE', '%'.$inputname.'%')
->whereBetween('Visit_Date', array($startdate, $enddate))
->get();
return view('Laporan.Kehadiran.kehadiranview', compact('name'));
}
This is assuming the ->select() and other methods are work without issue (take out the whereBetween and confirm its working without it first ofcourse).
Wildcards Note
You do realise that '%' is just a wildcard character for LIKE.
It doesn't have anything to do with user input, its just to match any values containing the substring between the '%'.
SQL Wildcards: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_wildcards.asp
DateTime strings in SQL Between
In this situation, you should really be using a datepicker or similar in your html, or be sure to cast the input (which you havent specified the format of) to a format for sql to pick up on.
The SQL Between documentation shows the following example:
SQL Between: http://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_between.asp
SELECT * FROM Orders
WHERE OrderDate BETWEEN #07/04/1996# AND #07/09/1996#;
So a plain string should work, just be certain its of the same format as the database.
There is some on this (using direct sql) here: SQL query to select dates between two dates
How you achieve this format in the html (or client-side js) is one of many many approaches, but there are many easy to use javascript datepickers out there, even if not using jquery or other library.