System:Model:leftJoin

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Generates a left join.

Since 1.0

Arguments

void leftJoin (string $table, string $key, string $foreign_key, [array $fields = false], [ $from_table = false])

table
Database table name of table to join.
key
Field on which to perform join inside new table.
foreign_key
Field on which to perform join inside original table.
fields
An array of fields from the new table to return in select statement.
from_table
Name of original table. If false, table used in original select used.

Returns

This function does not return any values.

Examples

Example:

$this->APP->model->select('blog');
$this->APP->model->leftJoin('authors', 'id', 'author_id', array('name'));