Re: Automatically save timestamp fields

Ok, but... I don't want a now() date xD, I want a date set by the user in a form, because it's an "expiring date" field, so I don't think I would use created and modified CakePHP fields.

I created my own method for converting form-cakephp-date-input array format to a timestamp format, but I think CakePHP should handle this.

(AppModel.php)

    //Returns a timestamp understable by the database from a form input array
    public function timestamp($dateTimeArray) {
        return "{$dateTimeArray['year']}-{$dateTimeArray['month']}-{$dateTimeArray['day']} {$dateTimeArray['hour']}:{$dateTimeArray['min']}:0";
    }

2010/10/1 j.blotus <j.blotus@gmail.com>

you can change the field names for created and modified:

in the model:

              /**
        *
        * @var string tells cake the name of the created field on insert
        */
       var $createField = 'entered';
       /**
        *
        * @var string tells cake the name of the modified field on update
        */
       var $updateField = 'modified';

in the beforeSave() of the model:

       /**
        * Before saving set up created and modified so we know when record
was changed
        *
        * @return boolean true always
        */
       function beforeSave() {
               // Alternate column automagic timestamping support
               $nowDate = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
               if ($this->updateField) {
                       $this->set($this->updateField, $nowDate);
               }
               if ($this->createField and !$this->exists()) {
                       $this->set($this->createField, $nowDate);
               }

               return true;

       }

On Oct 1, 11:01 am, Hugo M <ham1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to fill an "expiring date" field, so I can't use the created and
> modified/updated Cake automagic fields.
>

> 2010/10/1 Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com>

>
>
>
> > What are you trying to achieve the Cake doesn't already do with the created
> > and modified fields which already get populated with 'now'?
>
> > Jeremy Burns

> > *Class Outfit*
> > *
> > *
> > jeremybu...@classoutfit.com <jeremybu...@mac.com>

> >http://www.classoutfit.com
>
> > On 1 Oct 2010, at 15:36, Hugo M wrote:
>
> > There's a way to save timestamp field without manually joining the hour,
> > day, year, etc. fields?
>
> > $this->Form->input('timestampfield');
>
> > When I do that, in backend I get:
>
> >  [timestampfield] => Array
> >                 (
> >                     [month] => 10
> >                     [day] => 01
> >                     [year] => 2010
> >                     [hour] => 11
> >                     [min] => 37
> >                     [meridian] => am
> >                 )
>
> > And I need to manually construct the timestamp field, is that OK? :S
>

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