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CodeIgniter Full Outer Join Example

Introduction

In this tutorial I will show CodeIgniter full outer join example. I will build full outer join or full join query using MySQL’s UNION for fetching data from multiple tables. The purpose of a join is to combine the data across tables.

A join is actually performed by the where clause which combines the specified rows of tables. If a join involves in more than two tables then first two tables are joined based on the join condition and then compares the result with the next table and so on.

Outer join gives the non-matching records along with matching records. Full Outer Join will display the all records from both tables.

MySQL does not support Full Outer Join but we will simulate full outer join using MySQL’s Union query.

CodeIgniter’s Active Record does not support Union query so we will use db->query() to get results from MySQL database.

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Prerequisites

Apache HTTP Server 2.4, PHP 7.4.3, CodeIgniter 3.1.11, MySQL 8.0.17

MySQL Tables

Here I am going to create following tables in MySQL server under roytuts database.

CREATE TABLE `blogs` (
  `blog_id` int unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `blog_title` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `blog_content` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `blog_date` datetime NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`blog_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=45 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

CREATE TABLE `blog_comments` (
  `comment_id` int unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `comment_text` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
  `comment_date` datetime NOT NULL,
  `parent_id` int unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  `blog_id` int unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  PRIMARY KEY (`comment_id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=8 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

Now I am also going to store some sample data into above tables for testing the application.

insert  into `blogs`(`blog_id`,`blog_title`,`blog_content`,`blog_date`) values (4,'Sample Blog','Sample Blog Content','2016-05-21 18:24:13'),(5,'Sample Blog','Sample Blog Content','2016-05-21 18:24:13'),(6,'Sample Blog','Sample Blog Content','2016-05-21 18:24:13'),(7,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 08:09:26'),(8,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 00:00:00'),(9,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:58:55'),(10,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:01'),(11,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:02'),(12,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:02'),(13,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:02'),(14,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:03'),(15,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:03'),(16,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:03'),(17,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:03'),(18,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:03'),(19,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:03'),(20,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:04'),(21,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:04'),(22,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:04'),(23,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:04'),(24,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:04'),(25,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:04'),(26,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:05'),(27,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:05'),(28,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:05'),(29,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:05'),(30,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:05'),(31,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:05'),(32,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:06'),(33,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:06'),(34,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:06'),(35,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:06'),(36,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. Bonbon cotton candy sweet cake oat cake wafer applicake.','2016-05-25 20:59:06'),(37,'Sample Blog','Muffin gummi bears tiramisu pudding pudding halvah oat cake cake. Topping sugar plum tootsie roll tart chocolate bar biscuit pudding. Candy canes chocolate cake powder pastry carrot cake. Jelly-o apple pie icing bear claw oat cake muffin pie. Cake dragée pie. Toffee apple pie candy. Candy cheesecake carrot cake liquorice tootsie roll jelly biscuit applicake. Soufflé jelly beans croissant jelly-o danish liquorice. Cheesecake cotton candy gummi bears cookie bear claw applicake tiramisu gummies bear claw. Icing candy canes bear claw macaroon ice cream jujubes applicake chocolate gingerbread. Topping tootsie roll sweet. Halvah dessert cookie pie jelly beans gummies jelly beans danish. Soufflé caramels tootsie roll croissant halvah. 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insert  into `blog_comments`(`comment_id`,`comment_text`,`comment_date`,`parent_id`,`blog_id`) values (1,'good one','2016-05-28 07:30:46',0,4),(2,'nice','2016-05-27 07:34:28',0,5),(3,'great','2016-05-26 07:35:03',0,6),(4,'carry on','2016-05-28 07:35:23',0,7),(5,'good tuts','2016-05-28 07:35:42',0,4),(6,'like it','2016-05-28 07:36:00',0,5),(7,'waiting for next post','2016-05-28 07:36:25',0,9);

Full Outer Join Example

I will show an example how to create full outer join query using MySQL’s Union function.

On executing the below query:

SELECT blogs.blog_id,comment_id,blog_title,blog_content,blog_date,comment_text,comment_date
 FROM blogs LEFT OUTER JOIN blog_comments ON blog_comments.blog_id = blogs.blog_id
UNION
SELECT blogs.blog_id,comment_id,blog_title,blog_content,blog_date,comment_text,comment_date
 FROM blogs RIGHT OUTER JOIN blog_comments ON blog_comments.blog_id = blogs.blog_id;

You will get below results from the above two tables. The following output has actually total 44 rows.

codeigniter full outer join

Project Directory

It’s assumed that you have setup Apache, PHP and Codeigniter in Windows system.

Now I will create a project root directory called codeIgniter-full-outer-join under the Apache server’s htdocs folder.

Now move all the directories and files from CodeIgniter framework into codeIgniter-full-outer-join directory.

I may not mention the project root directory in subsequent sections and I will assume that I am talking with respect to the project’s root directory.

Configuring Database

Configure your MySQL database to work with your CodeIgniter application.

 I will configure database connection into application/config/database.php file. Please make sure to change values according to your database settings.

$db['default'] = array(
	'dsn'	=> '',
	'hostname' => 'localhost',
	'username' => 'root',
	'password' => 'root',
	'database' => 'roytuts',
        ...
	'char_set' => 'utf8mb4',
	'dbcollat' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
        ...
);

Configuring Auto-load

I will configure database library and helpers to auto-load to avoid load every time we need to use such things in the application.

Update the below lines in the file application/config/autoload.php.

$autoload['libraries'] = array('database');
$autoload['helper'] = array('url', 'file');

Model Class

I will perform database operation to fetch data using full outer join query so we will create model class. I will use MySQL’s Union function to build the full outer join query.

Create a file FullJoinModel.php under application/models folder with the below source code.

<?php

/**
 * Description of FullJoinModel
 *
 * @author https://roytuts.com
 */
class FullJoinModel extends CI_Model {

    private $blogs = 'blogs';   // blog table
    private $blog_comments = 'blog_comments';   // blog comment table

    function __construct() {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    function full_outer_join() {
        $sql = 'SELECT ' . $this->blogs . '.blog_id,comment_id,blog_title,blog_content,blog_date,comment_text,comment_date
                FROM ' . $this->blogs . ' LEFT OUTER JOIN ' . $this->blog_comments . ' ON ' . $this->blog_comments . '.blog_id = ' . $this->blogs . '.blog_id
                    UNION
                SELECT ' . $this->blogs . '.blog_id,comment_id,blog_title,blog_content,blog_date,comment_text,comment_date
                FROM ' . $this->blogs . ' RIGHT OUTER JOIN ' . $this->blog_comments . ' ON ' . $this->blog_comments . '.blog_id = ' . $this->blogs . '.blog_id';
        $query = $this->db->query($sql);
        return $query->result();
    }

}

Controller Class

I will create controller class to handle request/response for clients. This controller class will communicate between model class and the view file.

Create a file FullJoinController.php under application/controllers folder with below source code.

<?php

defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

class FullJoinController extends CI_Controller {
	
	function __construct() {
        parent::__construct();
        $this->load->model('fulljoinmodel');
    }
	
	public function index()	{
		$data['blogs'] = $this->fulljoinmodel->full_outer_join();
        $this->load->view('full_join_view', $data);
	}
}

View File

Create a view file full_join_view.php under application/views which will be used to display blogs and associated comments for blogs.

<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
?><!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<title>Welcome to CodeIgniter Full Outer Join Example</title>

	<style type="text/css">

	::selection { background-color: #E13300; color: white; }
	::-moz-selection { background-color: #E13300; color: white; }

	body {
		background-color: #fff;
		margin: 40px;
		font: 13px/20px normal Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
		color: #4F5155;
	}

	a {
		color: #003399;
		background-color: transparent;
		font-weight: normal;
	}

	h1 {
		color: #444;
		background-color: transparent;
		border-bottom: 1px solid #D0D0D0;
		font-size: 19px;
		font-weight: normal;
		margin: 0 0 14px 0;
		padding: 14px 15px 10px 15px;
	}

	code {
		font-family: Consolas, Monaco, Courier New, Courier, monospace;
		font-size: 12px;
		background-color: #f9f9f9;
		border: 1px solid #D0D0D0;
		color: #002166;
		display: block;
		margin: 14px 0 14px 0;
		padding: 12px 10px 12px 10px;
	}

	#body {
		margin: 0 15px 0 15px;
	}

	p.footer {
		text-align: right;
		font-size: 11px;
		border-top: 1px solid #D0D0D0;
		line-height: 32px;
		padding: 0 10px 0 10px;
		margin: 20px 0 0 0;
	}

	#container {
		margin: 10px;
		border: 1px solid #D0D0D0;
		box-shadow: 0 0 8px #D0D0D0;
	}
	</style>
</head>
<body>

<div id="container">
	<h1>CodeIgniter Full Outer Join Example</h1>
	<div id="body">
		<?php
		foreach ($blogs as $blog) {
			?>
			<div class="post">
				<h2 class="title"><?php echo $blog->blog_title; ?></h2>
				<p class="meta">
					<?php
					echo $blog->blog_date;
					?>
				<div class="entry">
					<p><?php echo $blog->blog_content; ?></p>
				</div>
			</div>
			<p>    <strong>Comment on <?php echo $blog->comment_date; ?> :</strong> <?php echo $blog->comment_text; ?></p>
			<?php
		}
		?>
	</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Configuring Route

Now modify application/config/routes.php file for configuring route with our controller class.

$route['default_controller'] = 'FullJoinController';

Testing the Application

Make sure your Apache server is running and Codeigniter full outer join application is deployed.

Hit the URL http://localhost/codeIgniter-full-outer-join/index.php, you will see below output on the browser. You will see more blogs than what you see here in the image.

codeigniter full outer join

In the above image output you will see all records from both tables in the browser.

Source Code

Download source code

Thanks for reading.

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