I am trying to have the created_at and updated_at timestamp to add itself in my tables but I am not sure if I should put the below code in the controller or the model, anyone please?
use yii\db\Expression;
use yii\behaviors\TimestampBehavior;
public function behaviors()
{
return [
[
'class' => TimestampBehavior::className(),
'createdAtAttribute' => 'created_at',
'updatedAtAttribute' => 'updated_at',
'value' => new Expression('NOW()'),
],
];
}
So here is what I did, I have setup the code in the controller as it is seems logical to do it here due to the behaviors being already there.
But in the database, the dates safe as "null" on both the created_at and updated_at.
I have also set both database fields to "DATETIME(6)".
Here is the controler code:
<?php
namespace frontend\controllers;
use Yii;
use frontend\models\Categories;
use frontend\models\CategoriesSearch;
use yii\web\Controller;
use yii\web\NotFoundHttpException;
use yii\filters\VerbFilter;
use yii\db\Expression;
use yii\behaviors\TimestampBehavior;
/**
* CategoriesController implements the CRUD actions for Categories model.
*/
class CategoriesController extends Controller
{
public function behaviors()
{
return [
'verbs' => [
'class' => VerbFilter::className(),
'actions' => [
'delete' => ['post'],
],
],
[
'class' => TimestampBehavior::className(),
'createdAtAttribute' => 'create_time',
'updatedAtAttribute' => 'update_time',
'value' => new Expression('NOW()'),
],
];
}
/**
* Lists all Categories models.
* @return mixed
*/
public function actionIndex()
{
$searchModel = new CategoriesSearch();
$dataProvider = $searchModel->search(Yii::$app->request->queryParams);
return $this->render('index', [
'searchModel' => $searchModel,
'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
]);
}
/**
* Displays a single Categories model.
* @param integer $id
* @return mixed
*/
public function actionView($id)
{
return $this->render('view', [
'model' => $this->findModel($id),
]);
}
/**
* Creates a new Categories model.
* If creation is successful, the browser will be redirected to the 'view' page.
* @return mixed
*/
public function actionCreate()
{
$model = new Categories();
if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->save()) {
return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $model->id]);
} else {
return $this->render('create', [
'model' => $model,
]);
}
}
/**
* Updates an existing Categories model.
* If update is successful, the browser will be redirected to the 'view' page.
* @param integer $id
* @return mixed
*/
public function actionUpdate($id)
{
$model = $this->findModel($id);
if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->save()) {
return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $model->id]);
} else {
return $this->render('update', [
'model' => $model,
]);
}
}
/**
* Deletes an existing Categories model.
* If deletion is successful, the browser will be redirected to the 'index' page.
* @param integer $id
* @return mixed
*/
public function actionDelete($id)
{
$this->findModel($id)->delete();
return $this->redirect(['index']);
}
/**
* Finds the Categories model based on its primary key value.
* If the model is not found, a 404 HTTP exception will be thrown.
* @param integer $id
* @return Categories the loaded model
* @throws NotFoundHttpException if the model cannot be found
*/
protected function findModel($id)
{
if (($model = Categories::findOne($id)) !== null) {
return $model;
} else {
throw new NotFoundHttpException('The requested page does not exist.');
}
}
}
I then tried this code, still no luck, both fields are showing "not set in the view and "null" in the database, but at least I have no errors while saving:
<?php
namespace frontend\controllers;
use Yii;
use frontend\models\Categories;
use frontend\models\CategoriesSearch;
use yii\web\Controller;
use yii\web\NotFoundHttpException;
use yii\filters\VerbFilter;
use yii\db\ActiveRecord;
use yii\db\Expression;
/**
* CategoriesController implements the CRUD actions for Categories model.
*/
class CategoriesController extends Controller
{
public function behaviors()
{
return [
'verbs' => [
'class' => VerbFilter::className(),
'actions' => [
'delete' => ['post'],
],
],
'timestamp' => [
'class' => 'yii\behaviors\TimestampBehavior',
'attributes' => [
ActiveRecord::EVENT_BEFORE_INSERT => ['created_at', 'updated_at'],
ActiveRecord::EVENT_BEFORE_UPDATE => ['updated_at'],
],
'value' => new Expression('NOW()'),
],
];
}
/**
* Lists all Categories models.
* @return mixed
*/
public function actionIndex()
{
$searchModel = new CategoriesSearch();
$dataProvider = $searchModel->search(Yii::$app->request->queryParams);
return $this->render('index', [
'searchModel' => $searchModel,
'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
]);
}
/**
* Displays a single Categories model.
* @param integer $id
* @return mixed
*/
public function actionView($id)
{
return $this->render('view', [
'model' => $this->findModel($id),
]);
}
/**
* Creates a new Categories model.
* If creation is successful, the browser will be redirected to the 'view' page.
* @return mixed
*/
public function actionCreate()
{
$model = new Categories();
if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->save()) {
return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $model->id]);
} else {
return $this->render('create', [
'model' => $model,
]);
}
}
/**
* Updates an existing Categories model.
* If update is successful, the browser will be redirected to the 'view' page.
* @param integer $id
* @return mixed
*/
public function actionUpdate($id)
{
$model = $this->findModel($id);
if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->save()) {
return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $model->id]);
} else {
return $this->render('update', [
'model' => $model,
]);
}
}
/**
* Deletes an existing Categories model.
* If deletion is successful, the browser will be redirected to the 'index' page.
* @param integer $id
* @return mixed
*/
public function actionDelete($id)
{
$this->findModel($id)->delete();
return $this->redirect(['index']);
}
/**
* Finds the Categories model based on its primary key value.
* If the model is not found, a 404 HTTP exception will be thrown.
* @param integer $id
* @return Categories the loaded model
* @throws NotFoundHttpException if the model cannot be found
*/
protected function findModel($id)
{
if (($model = Categories::findOne($id)) !== null) {
return $model;
} else {
throw new NotFoundHttpException('The requested page does not exist.');
}
}
}
use yii\behaviors\TimestampBehavior;
public function behaviors()
{
// when your fields are named "created_at" and
// "updated_at" and you want the unix timestamp
// you dont need the settings I commented out.
return [
[
'class' => TimestampBehavior::className(),
// 'createdAtAttribute' => 'create_time',
// 'updatedAtAttribute' => 'update_time',
// 'value' => new Expression('NOW()'),
],
];
}
