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How to automate timestamps in ActiveRecord models
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Narretz on Apr 4, 2012, 4:11:57 PM.
I added a reference to the CTimestampBehavior as a third possibility.
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There are many ways to automate the setting of timestamps in yii ActiveRecord models. Two of them ahree are presented here:
1. Via rules()
2. Via beforeSave()
3. Via CTimestampBehavior (zii)
To start off we need to create a database table.
The third possibility is to use CTimestampBehavior in your models. You can read about this in the API documentation:
http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/1.1/CTimestampBehavior
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3. Via CTimestampBehavior (zii)
To start off we need to create a database table.
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These are simple and elegant solutions to this issue.The third possibility is to use CTimestampBehavior in your models. You can read about this in the API documentation:
http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/1.1/CTimestampBehavior
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