Added 'random' as an order_by() option in Active Record.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
index 30a256e05..099117097 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 	 * database engines, so this string appears in each driver and is

 	 * used for the count_all() and count_all_results() functions.

 	 */

-	var $count_string = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS numrows ";

-	

+	var $_count_string = "SELECT COUNT(*) AS numrows ";

+	var $_random_keyword = ' RAND()'; // database specific random keyword

+

 	/**

 	 * Whether to use the MySQL "delete hack" which allows the number

 	 * of affected rows to be shown. Uses a preg_replace when enabled,

@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ class CI_DB_mysqli_driver extends CI_DB {
 		if ($table == '')

 			return '0';

 	

-		$query = $this->query($this->count_string . "FROM `".$this->dbprefix.$table."`");

+		$query = $this->query($this->_count_string . "FROM `".$this->dbprefix.$table."`");

 		

 		if ($query->num_rows() == 0)

 			return '0';