Get Created By And Updated By Id

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hi,

I am really a newbie to Yii and I am doing a small application. In that application I have some tables. Like product and discount

The table is like this




=================

    products

=================

+   id           +

+   product_name +

+   cost_price   +

+   selling_price+

+   created_by   +

+   updated_by   +

++++++++++++++++++


=================

    discount

=================

+   id           +

+   discount_type +

+   created_by   +

+   updated_by   +

++++++++++++++++++

Now you can see in those tables I am always keeping created_by and updated_by. I am keeping them to record the changes from whom has created and made updated. So can someone kindly tell me how to get


created_by and updated_by id

and the name? Any help and suggestions will bereally appreciable. Thanks

2

Create getter methods in your model class to get createdBy and updateBy information something like this code.




public function getCreatedBy(){

   

    $productId = $this->id;// this is your product id.

    $createdBy = User::model()->findByPk($this->created_by)->username; /update this line according to your need to fetch name.


    return $createdBy; 

}

and call this getter in your code like


$model->getCreatedBy();

do the same for updated By.

Or define a relations in your product model with associated keys. then fetch name with a relational tables. :)

i hope it would be helpful for you.

3

HI,

Thanks for the reply. I have used your code. But can you tell me how to save the id(created_by,updated_by) in the database. I am really newbie to Yii. So kindly tell me how to do this?

4

it will give you current logged in user id.




$id=Yii::app()->user->id;

So, if you want to save this created by updated by information then you can do it in beforesave method in your model class.something like this




public function beforeSave() {

    if ($this->isNewRecord){

        $this->created_by = Yii::app()->user->id;

        $this->modified_by = Yii::app()->user->id;

 

    }else{

     $this->modified_by = Yii::app()->user->id;

    }

 

    return parent::beforeSave();

}
5

Hello, where do I need to call the getter method?