CakePHP syntax for find conditions

Question

I have a table called Users and the following find works fine:

$users = $this->User->find('list', array('conditions'=>array('User.id'=>1)));

However, if I try to get a list of users with "User.id != 1" or "User.id >= 5", the find does not return data.

The syntax I have used is

$users = $this->User->find('list', array('conditions'=>array('User.id'=>'<> 1')));

AND

$users = $this->User->find('list', array('conditions'=>array('User.id'=>'>= 1')));

The debug query generated by Cake for the User.id => '<> 1') case is

SELECT `User`.`id`, `User`.`first_name` FROM `mesh2`.`users` AS `User` WHERE `User`.`id` = '<>1',

which seems to be incorrect.

I have used the examples from Alvin's site. Any ideas?

Solution

You need to put >= on the correct side of the array:

$this->User->find('list', array(
    'conditions'=>array('User.id >=' => 1)));

as documented in the "official" documentation:

http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/retrieving-your-data.html#complex-find-conditions