Get something or something and other from mysql

[eluser]Ben Edmunds[/eluser]
Maybe this is what you're looking for?

Code:

$query = $this->db->select('user')
                  ->where(array('name'=>$_POST['name']))
                  ->or_where(array('mail'=>$_POST['mail']))
                  ->get('users_table');

$user = $query->row();

Note that the chaining only works on php5...