This tutorial shows you how to write or like query in codeigniter. This method is identical to the one above, except that multiple instances are joined by OR.
Let’s create a or_like method in codeigniter
$this->db->like('title', 'match');
$this->db->or_like('body', $match);
// WHERE `title` LIKE '%match%' ESCAPE '!' OR `body` LIKE '%match%' ESCAPE '!'
Note: or_like() was formerly known as orlike(), which has been removed.