The Criteria addOr method is a function that is part of the PHP language's Criteria API. This function allows the programmer to add additional restrictions to a set of criteria that have already been defined, using an OR operator.
One example of how this method might be used is in a search function for a database. Suppose that you are searching for records in a table of books, and you want to find books that have either a title containing the word "php" or an author with the name "John Doe". You could use the addOr method to add an additional condition to your query:
// Create a new criteria object $criteria = new Criteria();
// Add a condition to search for books with 'php' in the title $criteria->add(BookPeer::TITLE, '%' . 'php' . '%', Criteria::LIKE);
// Add an OR condition to search for books with 'John Doe' as the author $criteria->addOr(BookPeer::AUTHOR, 'John Doe');
In this example, the addOr method is being used to add the additional search condition for books with an author by the name of "John Doe". The first condition in the example, added with the add method, searches for books with "php" somewhere in the title. Together, these conditions form a more complex search query that returns books matching either condition.
The package library for this example is likely to be Propel, a popular Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) library for PHP applications. The Criteria API is just one of many features included in this library, which is designed to simplify the process of working with databases in PHP.
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