# Class yii\sphinx\Query

Inheritance | yii\sphinx\Query » yii\db\Query » yii\base\Component » yii\base\BaseObject
Implements | yii\base\Configurable, yii\db\ExpressionInterface, yii\db\QueryInterface
Uses Traits | yii\db\QueryTrait
Subclasses | yii\sphinx\ActiveQuery
Available since version | 2.0
Source Code | https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2-sphinx/blob/master/Query.php

Query represents a SELECT SQL statement.

Query provides a set of methods to facilitate the specification of different clauses in a SELECT statement. These methods can be chained together.

By calling createCommand(), we can get a yii\sphinx\Command instance which can be further used to perform/execute the Sphinx query.

For example,

    $query = new Query();
    $query->select('id, group_id')
        ->from('idx_item')
        ->limit(10);
    // build and execute the query
    $command = $query->createCommand();
    // $command->sql returns the actual SQL
    $rows = $command->queryAll();

Since Sphinx does not store the original indexed text, the snippets for the rows in query result should be build separately via another query. You can simplify this workflow using snippetCallback().

Warning: even if you do not set any query limit, implicit LIMIT 0,20 is present by default!

## Public Properties

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Property | Type | Description | Defined By
--- | --- | --- | ---
$behaviors | yii\base\Behavior[] | List of behaviors attached to this component. This property is read-only. | yii\base\Component
$connection | yii\sphinx\Connection | Sphinx connection instance. | yii\sphinx\Query
$distinct | boolean | Whether to select distinct rows of data only. | yii\db\Query
$emulateExecution | boolean | Whether to emulate the actual query execution, returning empty or false results. | yii\db\QueryTrait
$facets | array | Facet search specifications. | yii\sphinx\Query
$from | array | The table(s) to be selected from. | yii\db\Query
$groupBy | array | How to group the query results. | yii\db\Query
$groupLimit | integer | Groups limit: to return (no more than) N top matches for each group. | yii\sphinx\Query
$having | string|array|yii\db\ExpressionInterface | The condition to be applied in the GROUP BY clause. | yii\db\Query
$indexBy | string|callable | The name of the column by which the query results should be indexed by. | yii\db\QueryTrait
$join | array | How to join with other tables. | yii\db\Query
$limit | integer|yii\db\ExpressionInterface | Maximum number of records to be returned. | yii\db\QueryTrait
$match | string|yii\db\Expression | Text, which should be searched in fulltext mode. | yii\sphinx\Query
$offset | integer|yii\db\ExpressionInterface | Zero-based offset from where the records are to be returned. | yii\db\QueryTrait
$options | array | Per-query options in format: optionName => optionValue They will compose OPTION clause. | yii\sphinx\Query
$orderBy | array | How to sort the query results. | yii\db\QueryTrait
$params | array | List of query parameter values indexed by parameter placeholders. | yii\db\Query
$queryCacheDependency | yii\caching\Dependency | The dependency to be associated with the cached query result for this query | yii\db\Query
$queryCacheDuration | integer|true | The default number of seconds that query results can remain valid in cache. | yii\db\Query
$select | array | The columns being selected. | yii\db\Query
$selectOption | string | Additional option that should be appended to the 'SELECT' keyword. | yii\db\Query
$showMeta | boolean|string|yii\db\Expression | Whether to automatically perform 'SHOW META' query against main one. | yii\sphinx\Query
$snippetCallback | callable | PHP callback, which should be used to fetch source data for the snippets. | yii\sphinx\Query
$snippetOptions | array | Query options for the call snippet. | yii\sphinx\Query
$tablesUsedInFrom | string[] | Table names indexed by aliases. This property is read-only. | yii\db\Query
$union | array | This is used to construct the UNION clause(s) in a SQL statement. | yii\db\Query
$where | string|array|yii\db\ExpressionInterface | Query condition. | yii\db\QueryTrait
$withQueries | array | This is used to construct the WITH section in a SQL query. | yii\db\Query
$within | string | WITHIN GROUP ORDER BY clause. | yii\sphinx\Query

## Public Methods

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Method | Description | Defined By
--- | --- | ---
__call() | Calls the named method which is not a class method. | yii\base\Component
__clone() | This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one. | yii\base\Component
__construct() | Constructor. | yii\base\BaseObject
__get() | Returns the value of a component property. | yii\base\Component
__isset() | Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null. | yii\base\Component
__set() | Sets the value of a component property. | yii\base\Component
__toString() | Returns the SQL representation of Query | yii\db\Query
__unset() | Sets a component property to be null. | yii\base\Component
addFacets() | Adds additional FACET part of the query. | yii\sphinx\Query
addGroupBy() | Adds additional group-by columns to the existing ones. | yii\db\Query
addOptions() | Adds additional query options. | yii\sphinx\Query
addOrderBy() | Adds additional ORDER BY columns to the query. | yii\db\QueryTrait
addParams() | Adds additional parameters to be bound to the query. | yii\db\Query
addSelect() | Add more columns to the SELECT part of the query. | yii\db\Query
addWithin() | Adds additional WITHIN GROUP ORDER BY columns to the query. | yii\sphinx\Query
all() | Executes the query and returns all results as an array. | yii\db\Query
andFilterCompare() | Adds a filtering condition for a specific column and allow the user to choose a filter operator. | yii\db\Query
andFilterHaving() | Adds an additional HAVING condition to the existing one but ignores empty operands. | yii\db\Query
andFilterWhere() | Adds an additional WHERE condition to the existing one but ignores empty operands. | yii\db\QueryTrait
andHaving() | Adds an additional HAVING condition to the existing one. | yii\db\Query
andWhere() | Adds an additional WHERE condition to the existing one. | yii\db\QueryTrait
attachBehavior() | Attaches a behavior to this component. | yii\base\Component
attachBehaviors() | Attaches a list of behaviors to the component. | yii\base\Component
average() | Returns the average of the specified column values. | yii\db\Query
batch() | Starts a batch query. | yii\db\Query
behaviors() | Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as. | yii\base\Component
cache() | Enables query cache for this Query. | yii\db\Query
canGetProperty() | Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read. | yii\base\Component
canSetProperty() | Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set. | yii\base\Component
className() | Returns the fully qualified name of this class. | yii\base\BaseObject
column() | Executes the query and returns the first column of the result. | yii\db\Query
count() | Returns the number of records. | yii\db\Query
create() | Creates a new Query object and copies its property values from an existing one. | yii\sphinx\Query
createCommand() | Creates a Sphinx command that can be used to execute this query. | yii\sphinx\Query
detachBehavior() | Detaches a behavior from the component. | yii\base\Component
detachBehaviors() | Detaches all behaviors from the component. | yii\base\Component
distinct() | Sets the value indicating whether to SELECT DISTINCT or not. | yii\db\Query
each() | Starts a batch query and retrieves data row by row. | yii\db\Query
emulateExecution() | Sets whether to emulate query execution, preventing any interaction with data storage. | yii\db\QueryTrait
ensureBehaviors() | Makes sure that the behaviors declared in behaviors() are attached to this component. | yii\base\Component
exists() | Returns a value indicating whether the query result contains any row of data. | yii\db\Query
facets() | Sets FACET part of the query. | yii\sphinx\Query
filterHaving() | Sets the HAVING part of the query but ignores empty operands. | yii\db\Query
filterWhere() | Sets the WHERE part of the query but ignores empty operands. | yii\db\QueryTrait
from() | Sets the FROM part of the query. | yii\db\Query
getBehavior() | Returns the named behavior object. | yii\base\Component
getBehaviors() | Returns all behaviors attached to this component. | yii\base\Component
getConnection() |  | yii\sphinx\Query
getTablesUsedInFrom() | Returns table names used in from() indexed by aliases. | yii\sphinx\Query
groupBy() | Sets the GROUP BY part of the query. | yii\db\Query
groupLimit() | Sets groups limit: to return (no more than) N top matches for each group. | yii\sphinx\Query
hasEventHandlers() | Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event. | yii\base\Component
hasMethod() | Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined. | yii\base\Component
hasProperty() | Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined for this component. | yii\base\Component
having() | Sets the HAVING part of the query. | yii\db\Query
indexBy() | Sets the indexBy() property. | yii\db\QueryTrait
init() | Initializes the object. | yii\base\BaseObject
innerJoin() | Appends an INNER JOIN part to the query. | yii\sphinx\Query
join() | Appends a JOIN part to the query. | yii\sphinx\Query
leftJoin() | Appends a LEFT OUTER JOIN part to the query. | yii\sphinx\Query
limit() | Sets the LIMIT part of the query. | yii\db\QueryTrait
match() | Sets the fulltext query text. This text will be composed into MATCH operator inside the WHERE clause. | yii\sphinx\Query
max() | Returns the maximum of the specified column values. | yii\db\Query
min() | Returns the minimum of the specified column values. | yii\db\Query
noCache() | Disables query cache for this Query. | yii\db\Query
off() | Detaches an existing event handler from this component. | yii\base\Component
offset() | Sets the OFFSET part of the query. | yii\db\QueryTrait
on() | Attaches an event handler to an event. | yii\base\Component
one() | Executes the query and returns a single row of result. | yii\sphinx\Query
options() | Sets the query options. | yii\sphinx\Query
orFilterHaving() | Adds an additional HAVING condition to the existing one but ignores empty operands. | yii\db\Query
orFilterWhere() | Adds an additional WHERE condition to the existing one but ignores empty operands. | yii\db\QueryTrait
orHaving() | Adds an additional HAVING condition to the existing one. | yii\db\Query
orWhere() | Adds an additional WHERE condition to the existing one. | yii\db\QueryTrait
orderBy() | Sets the ORDER BY part of the query. | yii\db\QueryTrait
params() | Sets the parameters to be bound to the query. | yii\db\Query
populate() | Converts the raw query results into the format as specified by this query. | yii\sphinx\Query
prepare() | Prepares for building SQL. | yii\db\Query
rightJoin() | Appends a RIGHT OUTER JOIN part to the query. | yii\sphinx\Query
scalar() | Returns the query result as a scalar value. | yii\db\Query
search() | Executes the query and returns the complete search result including e.g. hits, facets. | yii\sphinx\Query
select() | Sets the SELECT part of the query. | yii\db\Query
setConnection() |  | yii\sphinx\Query
showMeta() | Sets whether to automatically perform 'SHOW META' for the search query. | yii\sphinx\Query
snippetCallback() | Sets the PHP callback, which should be used to retrieve the source data for the snippets building. | yii\sphinx\Query
snippetOptions() | Sets the call snippets query options. | yii\sphinx\Query
sum() | Returns the sum of the specified column values. | yii\db\Query
trigger() | Triggers an event. | yii\base\Component
union() | Appends a SQL statement using UNION operator. | yii\db\Query
where() | Sets the WHERE part of the query. | yii\db\QueryTrait
withQuery() | Prepends a SQL statement using WITH syntax. | yii\db\Query
within() | Sets the WITHIN GROUP ORDER BY part of the query. | yii\sphinx\Query

## Protected Methods

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Method | Description | Defined By
--- | --- | ---
callSnippets() | Builds a snippets from provided source data. | yii\sphinx\Query
callSnippetsInternal() | Builds a snippets from provided source data by the given index. | yii\sphinx\Query
cleanUpTableNames() | Clean up table names and aliases Both aliases and names are enclosed into {{ and }}. | yii\db\Query
defaultConnection() |  | yii\sphinx\Query
fillUpSnippets() | Fills the query result rows with the snippets built from source determined by snippetCallback() result. | yii\sphinx\Query
filterCondition() | Removes empty operands from the given query condition. | yii\db\QueryTrait
getUnaliasedColumnsFromSelect() |  | yii\db\Query
getUniqueColumns() | Returns unique column names excluding duplicates. | yii\db\Query
isEmpty() | Returns a value indicating whether the give value is "empty". | yii\db\QueryTrait
normalizeOrderBy() | Normalizes format of ORDER BY data. | yii\db\QueryTrait
normalizeSelect() | Normalizes the SELECT columns passed to select() or addSelect(). | yii\db\Query
queryScalar() | Queries a scalar value by setting select() first. | yii\sphinx\Query
setCommandCache() | Sets $command cache, if this query has enabled caching. | yii\db\Query

## Property Details

$connection public property

Sphinx connection instance.

public yii\sphinx\Connection $connection = null
$facets public property

Facet search specifications. For example:

    [
        'group_id',
        'brand_id' => [
            'order' => ['COUNT(*)' => SORT_ASC],
        ],
        'price' => [
            'select' => 'INTERVAL(price,200,400,600,800) AS price',
            'order' => ['FACET()' => SORT_ASC],
        ],
        'name_in_json' => [
            'select' => [new Expression('json_attr.name AS name_in_json')],
        ],
    ]

You need to use search() method in order to fetch facet results.

Note: if you specify custom select for the facet, ensure facet name has corresponding column inside it.

public array $facets = []
$groupLimit public property (available since version 2.0.6)

Groups limit: to return (no more than) N top matches for each group. This option will take effect only if groupBy() is set.

public integer $groupLimit = null
$match public property

Text, which should be searched in fulltext mode. This value will be composed into MATCH operator inside the WHERE clause. Note: this value will be processed by yii\sphinx\Connection::escapeMatchValue(), if you need to compose complex match condition use yii\db\Expression, see match() for details.

public string|yii\db\Expression $match = null
$options public property

Per-query options in format: optionName => optionValue They will compose OPTION clause. This is a Sphinx specific extension that lets you control a number of per-query options.

public array $options = null
$showMeta public property

Whether to automatically perform 'SHOW META' query against main one. You may set this value to be string or yii\db\Expression instance, in this case its value will be used as 'LIKE' condition for 'SHOW META' statement. You need to use search() method in order to fetch 'meta' results.

public boolean|string|yii\db\Expression $showMeta = null
$snippetCallback public property

PHP callback, which should be used to fetch source data for the snippets. Such callback will receive array of query result rows as an argument and must return the array of snippet source strings in the order, which match one of incoming rows. For example:

    $query = new Query();
    $query->from('idx_item')
        ->match('pencil')
        ->snippetCallback(function ($rows) {
            $result = [];
            foreach ($rows as $row) {
                $result[] = file_get_contents('/path/to/index/files/' . $row['id'] . '.txt');
            }
            return $result;
        })
        ->all();

public callable $snippetCallback = null
$snippetOptions public property

Query options for the call snippet.

public array $snippetOptions = null
$within public property

WITHIN GROUP ORDER BY clause. This is a Sphinx specific extension that lets you control how the best row within a group will to be selected. The possible value matches the orderBy() one.

public string $within = null

## Method Details

addFacets() public method

Adds additional FACET part of the query.

public $this addFacets ( $facets )
$facets | array | Facet specifications.
return | $this | The query object itself

addOptions() public method

Adds additional query options.

See also options().

public $this addOptions ( $options )
$options | array | Query options in format: optionName => optionValue
return | $this | The query object itself

addWithin() public method

Adds additional WITHIN GROUP ORDER BY columns to the query.

See also within().

public $this addWithin ( $columns )
$columns | string|array | The columns (and the directions) to find best row within a group. Columns can be specified in either a string (e.g. "id ASC, name DESC") or an array (e.g. `['id' => Query::SORT_ASC, 'name' => Query::SORT_DESC]`). The method will automatically quote the column names unless a column contains some parenthesis (which means the column contains a DB expression).
return | $this | The query object itself

callSnippets() protected method

Builds a snippets from provided source data.

protected array callSnippets ( array $source )
$source | array | The source data to extract a snippet from.
return | array | Snippets list.
throws | yii\base\InvalidCallException | in case match() is not specified.

callSnippetsInternal() protected method

Builds a snippets from provided source data by the given index.

protected array callSnippetsInternal ( array $source, $from )
$source | array | The source data to extract a snippet from.
$from | string | Name of the source index.
return | array | Snippets list.
throws | yii\base\InvalidCallException | in case match() is not specified.

create() public static method

Creates a new Query object and copies its property values from an existing one.

The properties being copies are the ones to be used by query builders.

public static yii\sphinx\Query create ( $from )
$from | yii\sphinx\Query | The source query object
return | yii\sphinx\Query | The new Query object

createCommand() public method

Creates a Sphinx command that can be used to execute this query.

public yii\sphinx\Command createCommand ( $db = null )
$db | yii\sphinx\Connection | The Sphinx connection used to generate the SQL statement. If this parameter is not given, the `sphinx` application component will be used.
return | yii\sphinx\Command | The created Sphinx command instance.

defaultConnection() protected method

protected yii\sphinx\Connection defaultConnection ( )
return | yii\sphinx\Connection | Default connection value.

facets() public method

Sets FACET part of the query.

public $this facets ( $facets )
$facets | array | Facet specifications.
return | $this | The query object itself

fillUpSnippets() protected method

Fills the query result rows with the snippets built from source determined by snippetCallback() result.

protected array|yii\sphinx\ActiveRecord[] fillUpSnippets ( $rows )
$rows | array | Raw query result rows.
return | array|yii\sphinx\ActiveRecord[] | Query result rows with filled up snippets.

getConnection() public method

public yii\sphinx\Connection getConnection ( )
return | yii\sphinx\Connection | Sphinx connection instance

getTablesUsedInFrom() public method (available since version 2.0.9)

Returns table names used in from() indexed by aliases.

Both aliases and names are enclosed into {{ and }}.

public string[] getTablesUsedInFrom ( )
return | string[] | Table names indexed by aliases
throws | yii\base\InvalidConfigException |

groupLimit() public method (available since version 2.0.6)

Sets groups limit: to return (no more than) N top matches for each group.

This option will take effect only if groupBy() is set.

public $this groupLimit ( $limit )
$limit | integer | Group limit.
return | $this | The query object itself.

innerJoin() public method

Appends an INNER JOIN part to the query.

public $this innerJoin ( $table, $on = '', $params = [] )

$table

string|array

The table or sub-query to be joined.

Use a string to represent the name of the table to be joined. The table name can contain a schema prefix (e.g. 'public.user') and/or table alias (e.g. 'user u'). The method will automatically quote the table name unless it contains some parenthesis (which means the table is given as a sub-query or DB expression).

You may also specify the table as an array with one element, using the array key as the table alias (e.g. ['u' => 'user']).

To join a sub-query, use an array with one element, with the value set to a yii\sphinx\Query object representing the sub-query, and the corresponding key representing the alias.

$on | string|array | The join condition that should appear in the ON part. Please refer to join() on how to specify this parameter.
$params | array | The parameters (name => value) to be bound to the query.
return | $this | The query object itself

join() public method

Appends a JOIN part to the query.

The first parameter specifies what type of join it is.

public $this join ( $type, $table, $on = '', $params = [] )
$type | string | The type of join, such as INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN.

$table

string|array

The table or sub-query to be joined.

Use a string to represent the name of the table to be joined. The table name can contain a schema prefix (e.g. 'public.user') and/or table alias (e.g. 'user u'). The method will automatically quote the table name unless it contains some parenthesis (which means the table is given as a sub-query or DB expression).

You may also specify the table as an array with one element, using the array key as the table alias (e.g. ['u' => 'user']).

To join a sub-query, use an array with one element, with the value set to a yii\sphinx\Query object representing the sub-query, and the corresponding key representing the alias.

$on

string|array

The join condition that should appear in the ON part. Please refer to where() on how to specify this parameter.

Note that the array format of where() is designed to match columns to values instead of columns to columns, so the following would not work as expected: `['post.author_id' => 'user.id']`, it would match the `post.author_id` column value against the string `'user.id'`. It is recommended to use the string syntax here which is more suited for a join:

    'post.author_id = user.id'

$params | array | The parameters (name => value) to be bound to the query.
return | $this | The query object itself

leftJoin() public method

Appends a LEFT OUTER JOIN part to the query.

public $this leftJoin ( $table, $on = '', $params = [] )

$table

string|array

The table or sub-query to be joined.

Use a string to represent the name of the table to be joined. The table name can contain a schema prefix (e.g. 'public.user') and/or table alias (e.g. 'user u'). The method will automatically quote the table name unless it contains some parenthesis (which means the table is given as a sub-query or DB expression).

You may also specify the table as an array with one element, using the array key as the table alias (e.g. ['u' => 'user']).

To join a sub-query, use an array with one element, with the value set to a yii\sphinx\Query object representing the sub-query, and the corresponding key representing the alias.

$on | string|array | The join condition that should appear in the ON part. Please refer to join() on how to specify this parameter.
$params | array | The parameters (name => value) to be bound to the query
return | $this | The query object itself

match() public method

Sets the fulltext query text. This text will be composed into MATCH operator inside the WHERE clause.

Note: this value will be processed by yii\sphinx\Connection::escapeMatchValue(), if you need to compose complex match condition use yii\db\Expression:

    $query = new Query();
    $query->from('my_index')
        ->match(new Expression(':match', ['match' => '@(content) ' . Yii::$app->sphinx->escapeMatchValue($matchValue)]))
        ->all();

public $this match ( $query )
$query | string|yii\db\Expression|yii\sphinx\MatchExpression | Fulltext query text.
return | $this | The query object itself.

one() public method

Executes the query and returns a single row of result.

public array|boolean one ( $db = null )
$db | yii\db\Connection | The database connection used to generate the SQL statement. If this parameter is not given, the `db` application component will be used.
return | array|boolean | The first row (in terms of an array) of the query result. False is returned if the query results in nothing.

options() public method

Sets the query options.

See also addOptions().

public $this options ( $options )
$options | array | Query options in format: optionName => optionValue
return | $this | The query object itself

populate() public method

Converts the raw query results into the format as specified by this query.

This method is internally used to convert the data fetched from database into the format as required by this query.

public array populate ( $rows )
$rows | array | The raw query result from database
return | array | The converted query result

queryScalar() protected method

Queries a scalar value by setting select() first.

Restores the value of select to make this query reusable.

protected boolean|string queryScalar ( $selectExpression, $db )
$selectExpression | string|yii\db\ExpressionInterface |
$db | yii\db\Connection|null |

rightJoin() public method

Appends a RIGHT OUTER JOIN part to the query.

public $this rightJoin ( $table, $on = '', $params = [] )

$table

string|array

The table or sub-query to be joined.

Use a string to represent the name of the table to be joined. The table name can contain a schema prefix (e.g. 'public.user') and/or table alias (e.g. 'user u'). The method will automatically quote the table name unless it contains some parenthesis (which means the table is given as a sub-query or DB expression).

You may also specify the table as an array with one element, using the array key as the table alias (e.g. ['u' => 'user']).

To join a sub-query, use an array with one element, with the value set to a yii\sphinx\Query object representing the sub-query, and the corresponding key representing the alias.

$on | string|array | The join condition that should appear in the ON part. Please refer to join() on how to specify this parameter.
$params | array | The parameters (name => value) to be bound to the query
return | $this | The query object itself

search() public method

Executes the query and returns the complete search result including e.g. hits, facets.

public array search ( $db = null )
$db | yii\sphinx\Connection | The Sphinx connection used to generate the SQL statement.
return | array | The query results.

setConnection() public method

public $this setConnection ( $connection )
$connection | yii\sphinx\Connection | Sphinx connection instance
return | $this | The query object itself

showMeta() public method

Sets whether to automatically perform 'SHOW META' for the search query.

See also showMeta().

public $this showMeta ( $showMeta )
$showMeta | boolean|string|yii\db\Expression | Whether to automatically perform 'SHOW META'
return | $this | The query object itself

snippetCallback() public method

Sets the PHP callback, which should be used to retrieve the source data for the snippets building.

See also snippetCallback().

public $this snippetCallback ( $callback )
$callback | callable | PHP callback, which should be used to fetch source data for the snippets.
return | $this | The query object itself

snippetOptions() public method

Sets the call snippets query options.

See also snippetCallback().

public $this snippetOptions ( $options )
$options | array | Call snippet options in format: option_name => option_value
return | $this | The query object itself

within() public method

Sets the WITHIN GROUP ORDER BY part of the query.

See also addWithin().

public $this within ( $columns )
$columns | string|array | The columns (and the directions) to find best row within a group. Columns can be specified in either a string (e.g. "id ASC, name DESC") or an array (e.g. `['id' => Query::SORT_ASC, 'name' => Query::SORT_DESC]`). The method will automatically quote the column names unless a column contains some parenthesis (which means the column contains a DB expression).
return | $this | The query object itself