Some ORMs support the Query Builder pattern which does the exact thing you want. http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/database.query-builder http://www.

Some ORMs support the Query Builder pattern which does the exact thing you want. http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/database.query-builder http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/database.query-...