Specific column field Search implementation in Codeigniter - php

Question

I have been having a bug in my code for the past weeks, I have tried all sorts of ways but can't get it to work, I am trying to implement a specific column field search functionality in codeigniter. Here is my scenario, a user lands on the age, and decides to search for a list of people, by name, member affiliation and location. here's my controller, model and view respectively...
model:
function get_advanced($address2,$partners,$typeofirm){
echo $address2,$partners,$typeofirm;
$query = "SELECT firm_id,address2,partners,typeofirm FROM auditfirms WHERE address2 LIKE '%$address2%' OR partners LIKE '%$partners%' OR typeofirm LIKE '%$typeofirm%' ORDER BY 'firm_id' LIMIT 10";
// return print_r(json_encode($query->result_array()));
$adv = $this->db->query($query)->result_array();
if ($query->num_rows() > 0){
$row = $query->row_array();
echo $query;
var_dump($adv); die();
return $adv;
}
else{
echo 'Error at syntax';
}
controller
function advanced(){
$this->load->library('pagination');
$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/icpak/index.php/firms/search';
$config['total_rows'] = $this->db->get('auditfirms')->num_rows();
$query1 = $config['per_page'] = 10;
$query2 = $config['uri_segment'] = 3;
$config['num_links'] = 5;
$config['full_tag_open'] = '';
$config['full_tag_close'] = '';
$config['cur_tag_open'] = '<span class="current_page">';
$config['cur_tag_close'] = '</span>';
$config['anchor_class'] = 'class="btn btn-default" ';
$this->pagination->initialize($config);
$address2 = $this->input->post('address2');
$partners = $this->input->post('partners');
$typeofirm = $this->input->post('typeofirm');
$data['advanced'] = $this->firms_model->get_advanced($address2,$partners,$typeofirm);
$this->load->view('index/advanced', $data);
}
view: is a modal window on which the form sits on...
<!--Modal-1-->
<div class="modal fade" id="myModal-1">
<div class="modal-dialog">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">X</button>
<h3 class="modal-title">Advanced Search</h3>
</div>
<div class="modal-body" style="padding:0px; margin:0 auto; ">
<div class="col-md-12" style="padding:30px !important; margin:0 auto;">
<!-- <form id="contactForm" class="contact"> -->
<?php echo form_open_multipart('firms/advanced', array('id' => 'contactForm', 'class' => 'contact'));?>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-4 control-label">Location</label>
<div class="col-sm-8">
<input class="form-control mb15" type="input" name="address2" placeholder="Search by Location" aria-controls="firms" />
</div>
</div><br><br>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-4 control-label">Members</label>
<div class="col-sm-8">
<input class="form-control mb15" type="input" name="partners" placeholder="Search by Member" aria-controls="firms" />
</div>
</div><br><br>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-4 control-label">Type of Firm</label>
<div class="col-sm-8">
<select class="form-control mb15" name="typeofirm" placeholder="Search by Type of Firm">
<option value="Auditing">Auditing</option>
<option value="NULL">Null</option>
</select>
</div>
</div><br><br>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group">
<button class="btn btn-primary" id="submit">Submit</button>
<button type="reset" class="btn btn-reset">Reset</button>
</div>
</div>
<!-- </form> -->
<?php echo form_close();?>
</div>
</div> <!-- col-md-12 -->
</div> <!-- modal-body -->
</div> <!-- modal content -->
</div> <!-- modal-dialog -->
</div> <!-- modal fade -->
<!--End -Modal-1-->
Thank you in advance...

Answer 1

There is problem with your $query. Please see comment in code.
function get_advanced($address2,$partners,$typeofirm){
echo $address2,$partners,$typeofirm;
$query = "SELECT firm_id,address2,partners,typeofirm FROM auditfirms WHERE address2 LIKE '%$address2%' OR partners LIKE '%$partners%' OR typeofirm LIKE '%$typeofirm%' ORDER BY 'firm_id' LIMIT 10";
// return print_r(json_encode($query->result_array()));
$adv = $this->db->query($query)->result_array();
// $query is string.. so at this point you must get error.
// if ($query->num_rows() > 0){
if (count($adv) > 0){
// $row variable is unused. but it will give you first record.
$row = $adv[0];
return $adv;
}
else{
echo 'Error at syntax';
}
}