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I have a custom content table for an elementType. I have a few fields set up in my Record as boolean. The two fields are approved and denied I have to search the database where both fields are set to zero/false.

I can only get the values to show up in $query->params inside my modifyElementsQuery() method when I set $criteria->approved/denied to (string)"1". Setting these to true, false, or (string)"0" cause them to not show up in the $query->params list.

How do I work with a boolean field in this manner? I need Where denied = '0' to show up in the query when i set $criteria->denied = false

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I believe this should work (not tested):

$criteria->setAttribute('denied', 'not 1');

As when using the ElementCriteriaModel in Twig, you can't directly check for "falsey" values.

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  • Yes this is the correct way to test for a false boolean in the database! Thanks! – SublymeRick May 8 '17 at 17:53
  • I actually ended up using $criteria->denied = 'not 1'; – SublymeRick May 8 '17 at 17:55
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    Sure, that's an alternative. It's just calling the setAttribute method behind the scenes anyway. – Stephen Lewis May 8 '17 at 18:05

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