# How to use orwhere condition in $this-\>paginate in cakephp 3

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-use-orwhere-condition-in-this-paginate-in-cakephp-3/3835>\
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**Created:** [January 30, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-use-orwhere-condition-in-this-paginate-in-cakephp-3/3835 "2018-01-30T13:35:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![pritesh.b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@pritesh.b](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/pritesh.b)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-use-orwhere-condition-in-this-paginate-in-cakephp-3/3835/1 "2018-01-30T13:35:05Z")

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i want to add OR condition in $this-\>paginate array.  
What is the syntax ??

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**Author:** ![6120](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/278dde/32.png) [@6120](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/6120)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/how-to-use-orwhere-condition-in-this-paginate-in-cakephp-3/3835/2 "2018-01-30T16:11:50Z")

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I already asked a similar question here :

> [@OR conditions in find \[solved\]](http://discourse.cakephp.org/t/or-conditions-in-find-solved/3003):
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> How do you build OR conditions in cakephp 3 find method ? I could not find any example in the cook book.