$minvalue = '2020-01-01 00:00:00';
$max_value = '2050-12-31 23:59:59';
$this->db->where("date_field BETWEEN '$minvalue' AND '$maxvalue'");$this->db->select('ae_users.employee_id, ae_users.emp_name, ae_users.emp_name2, ae_users.emp_name3');
$this->db->from('ae_users');
$this->db->where_in('ae_users.employee_id',$employee_ids);
$query =$this->db->get();
if ($query->num_rows()) {
return $query->result_array();
} else {
return 0;
}return $this->db->select(array('employee_id', 'emp_name', 'emp_name2', 'emp_name3'))->get_where('ae_users',array(employee_id'=>$employee_ids))->result_array();