EntityFieldQuery multiple alternative conditions - drupal-7

Question

Is there more optimal and shorter way to get nodes with certain conditions?
$query = new EntityFieldQuery;
$result = $query
->entityCondition('entity_type', 'node')
->propertyCondition('type', $node_type)
->propertyCondition('title', $title)
->fieldCondition('field_number', 'value', '1', '=');
->propertyCondition('status', 1, '=')
->execute();
// $result['node'] contains a list of nids where the title matches
if (!empty($result['node']) {
// You could use node_load_multiple() instead of entity_load() for nodes
$nodes = entity_load('node', array_keys($result['node']));
}
$query_two = new EntityFieldQuery;
$result_two = $query_two
->entityCondition('entity_type', 'node')
->propertyCondition('type', $node_type)
->propertyCondition('title', $title)
->fieldCondition('field_number', 'value', '2', '=');
->propertyCondition('status', 1, '=')
->execute();
// $result_two['node'] contains a list of nids where the title matches
if (!empty($result_two['node']) {
// You could use node_load_multiple() instead of entity_load() for nodes
$nodes_two = entity_load('node', array_keys($result_two['node']));
}

Answer 1

Well, you certainly could use ->fieldCondition('field_number', 'value', array(1, 2)), but other than that, not that I know of (and I wrote EntityFieldQuery). Even if you were to rewrite this to an SQL-storage only query, it would not be much simpler.
You do not need to specify = as the operator and you do not need to specify IN either, they are defaults for a scalar / array value.

Answer 2

I recently wrote a wrapper for EntityFieldQuery, since i just use it too much. Then the way I call it becomes to, the result can be an id or an array of ids. Hope this makes sense.
$ids = qplot_api_find_nodes2(
array(
'type' => 'content',
'field_content_project' => array('target_id', 10, '='),
),
array(
'created' => 'ASC'
),
TRUE
);
/**
* Returns node nid(s) with filters and sorts.
*
* #param array $conds
* Condition entries, there're three different type of conditions
* 1. prefixed with entity_, ex. 'entity_type' => 'node'
* 2. prefixed with field_, ex. 'field_project',
* two formats allowed, simple version 'field_tag' => 'abc',
* or long version, 'field_tag' => array('target_id', 11, '=')
* 3. no prefix or other prefix, 'title' => 'abc'
* Default $conds contains 'entity_type' => 'node' entry.
*
* #param array $sorts
* Sort entiries, there're two different type of sorts
* 1. prefixed with field_, ex. 'field_tag' => array('target_id', 'ASC')
* 2. no prefix or other prefix, 'title' => 'ASC'
* Default $sorts are empty
*
* #param bool $all
* If all matching nid are returned, or just the first one, default FALSE
*
* #return int
* The nid for the supplied id or 0 if not found.
* Or array of nids if $all = TRUE
*
* #author Fang Jin <windmaomao#gmail.com>
*/
function qplot_api_find_nodes2($conds, $sorts = NULL, $all = FALSE) {
$conds = array_merge(array('entity_type' => 'node'), $conds);
if (empty($sorts)) {
$sorts = array();
}
$query = new EntityFieldQuery();
// apply condition to query
foreach ($conds as $key => $value) {
$splits = explode('_', $key);
$type = $splits[0];
if (count($splits) == 1) {
$type = 'property';
}
switch ($type) {
case 'entity':
$query->entityCondition($key, $value);
break;
case 'field':
if (is_array($value)) {
$property = isset($value[1]) ? $value[0] : 'value';
$assigned = isset($value[1]) ? $value[1] : $value[0];
$operator = isset($value[2]) ? $value[2] : '=';
$query->fieldCondition($key, $property, $assigned, $operator);
} else {
$query->fieldCondition($key, 'value', $value);
}
break;
// rest of them are all property
default:
$query->propertyCondition($key, $value);
break;
}
}
// apply sort to query
foreach ($sorts as $key => $value) {
$splits = explode('_', $key);
$type = $splits[0];
if (count($splits) == 1) {
$type = 'property';
}
switch ($type) {
case 'field':
$query->fieldOrderBy($key, $value[0], $value[1]);
break;
default:
$query->propertyOrderBy($key, $value);
break;
}
}
$result = $query->execute();
$ctype = $conds['entity_type'];
if (!empty($result[$ctype])) {
$keys = array_keys($result[$ctype]);
if ($all) {
return $keys;
}
else {
return $keys[0];
}
} else {
if ($all) {
return array();
} else {
return 0;
}
}
}