Searh On Multiple Fields

Since I can't get Ferret working on my ubuntu, here's my solution to search on multiple fields

Well CakePHP find is way much cooler from RoR

  def index
    if params[:term]
      @employees = Employee.find(:all,
                                 :conditions => ['first_name LIKE ? OR 
                                                   last_name LIKE ? OR
                                                       email LIKE ? OR 
                                               mobile_number LIKE ? OR
                                                 description LIKE ? ', "%#{params[:term]}%",
                                                                       "%#{params[:term]}%",
                                                                       "%#{params[:term]}%",
                                                                       "%#{params[:term]}%",
                                                                       "%#{params[:term]}%"])
    else
      @employees = Employee.find(:all)
    end

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # index.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @employees }
    end
  end