How to show the user that update a record

Yii 2.0 General Discussions
1

Hi guys!! I need some help,

I have a column that show the date in which an user update a record.
It’s all ok. Now, I need to show, near the date, the name of the user that have update the record.
For example: 2020-06-12 10:05:36 from Michael

I have to change the value of the attribute? The implementation is this:

[
‘attribute’ => 'last_modify,
‘value’ => function ( $model ) {
return $model->last_modify;
},
‘label’ => ‘Last modify’
],

What I have to add at this code?
Thank you very much!!!

2

Hi, you just need to add an attribute which stores username who updated your record. For example if you have database column/model attribute which stores editor’s username named updated_by, change the returned value as shown below.

[
'attribute' => 'last_modify',
'value' => function ( $model ) {
return $model->last_modify . ' from ' . $model->updated_by;
},
'label' => 'Last modify'
],
3

thank you. I found another way that I show here for others or interested:

[
‘attribute’ => ‘last_modify’,
‘value’ => function ( $model ) {
$variable = Yii::$app->user->identity->username;
return $model->last_modify." from ".$variable;
},
‘label’ => ‘Last modify’],
],

4

That is simply getting the current user’s name. It is in no way tied to the record and/or who actually performed the last update.

As kubove indicated, you need to add a new attribute to your table and store the userid value when changes are made. You could code it in your controller action or perhaps use a beforeSave() function within your model to automatically populate it.