sintonia/airtime_mvc/library/propel/docs/behavior/timestampable.txt

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= Timestampable Behavior =
The `timestampable` behavior allows you to keep track of the date of creation and last update of your model objects.
== Basic Usage ==
In the `schema.xml`, use the `<behavior>` tag to add the `timestampable` behavior to a table:
{{{
#!xml
<table name="book">
<column name="id" required="true" primaryKey="true" autoIncrement="true" type="INTEGER" />
<column name="title" type="VARCHAR" required="true" primaryString="true" />
<behavior name="timestampable" />
</table>
}}}
Rebuild your model, insert the table creation sql again, and you're ready to go. The model now has two new columns, `created_at` and `updated_at`, that store a timestamp automatically updated on save:
{{{
#!php
<?php
$b = new Book();
$b->setTitle('War And Peace');
$b->save();
echo $b->getCreatedAt(); // 2009-10-02 18:14:23
echo $b->getUpdatedAt(); // 2009-10-02 18:14:23
$b->setTitle('Anna Karenina');
$b->save();
echo $b->getCreatedAt(); // 2009-10-02 18:14:23
echo $b->getUpdatedAt(); // 2009-10-02 18:14:25
}}}
The object query also has specific methods to retrieve recent objects and order them according to their update date:
{{{
#!php
<?php
$books = BookQuery::create()
->recentlyUpdated() // adds a minimum value for the update date
->lastUpdatedFirst() // orders the results by descending update date
->find();
}}}
You can use any of the following methods in the object query:
{{{
#!php
<?php
// limits the query to recent objects
ModelCriteria recentlyCreated($nbDays = 7)
ModelCriteria recentlyUpdated($nbDays = 7)
// orders the results
ModelCriteria lastCreatedFirst() // order by creation date desc
ModelCriteria firstCreatedFirst() // order by creation date asc
ModelCriteria lastUpdatedFirst() // order by update date desc
ModelCriteria firstUpdatedFirst() // order by update date asc
}}}
'''Tip''': You may need to keep the update date unchanged after an update on the object, for instance when you only update a calculated row. In this case, call the `keepUpdateDateUnchanged()` method on the object before saving it.
== Parameters ==
You can change the name of the columns added by the behavior by setting the `create_column` and `update_column` parameters:
{{{
#!xml
<table name="book">
<column name="id" required="true" primaryKey="true" autoIncrement="true" type="INTEGER" />
<column name="title" type="VARCHAR" required="true" primaryString="true" />
<column name="my_create_date" type="TIMESTAMP" />
<column name="my_update_date" type="TIMESTAMP" />
<behavior name="timestampable">
<parameter name="create_column" value="my_create_date" />
<parameter name="update_column" value="my_update_date" />
</behavior>
</table>
}}}
{{{
#!php
<?php
$b = new Book();
$b->setTitle('War And Peace');
$b->save();
echo $b->getMyCreateDate(); // 2009-10-02 18:14:23
echo $b->getMyUpdateDate(); // 2009-10-02 18:14:23
$b->setTitle('Anna Karenina');
$b->save();
echo $b->getMyCreateDate(); // 2009-10-02 18:14:23
echo $b->getMyUpdateDate(); // 2009-10-02 18:14:25
}}}