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TimestampBehavior extends AttributeBehavior
in package

TimestampBehavior automatically fills the specified attributes with the current timestamp.

To use TimestampBehavior, insert the following code to your ActiveRecord class:

use yii\behaviors\TimestampBehavior;

public function behaviors()
{
    return [
        TimestampBehavior::class,
    ];
}

By default, TimestampBehavior will fill the created_at and updated_at attributes with the current timestamp when the associated AR object is being inserted; it will fill the updated_at attribute with the timestamp when the AR object is being updated. The timestamp value is obtained by time().

Because attribute values will be set automatically by this behavior, they are usually not user input and should therefore not be validated, i.e. created_at and updated_at should not appear in the [[\yii\base\Model::rules()|rules()]] method of the model.

For the above implementation to work with MySQL database, please declare the columns(created_at, updated_at) as int(11) for being UNIX timestamp.

If your attribute names are different or you want to use a different way of calculating the timestamp, you may configure the [[createdAtAttribute]], [[updatedAtAttribute]] and [[value]] properties like the following:

use yii\db\Expression;

public function behaviors()
{
    return [
        [
            'class' => TimestampBehavior::class,
            'createdAtAttribute' => 'create_time',
            'updatedAtAttribute' => 'update_time',
            'value' => new Expression('NOW()'),
        ],
    ];
}

In case you use an [[\yii\db\Expression]] object as in the example above, the attribute will not hold the timestamp value, but the Expression object itself after the record has been saved. If you need the value from DB afterwards you should call the [[\yii\db\ActiveRecord::refresh()|refresh()]] method of the record.

TimestampBehavior also provides a method named [[touch()]] that allows you to assign the current timestamp to the specified attribute(s) and save them to the database. For example,

$model->touch('creation_time');
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author

Qiang Xue qiang.xue@gmail.com

author

Alexander Kochetov creocoder@gmail.com

since
2.0

Table of Contents

Properties

$attributes  : array<string|int, mixed>
$createdAtAttribute  : string
$owner  : Component|null
$preserveNonEmptyValues  : bool
$skipUpdateOnClean  : bool
$updatedAtAttribute  : string
$value  : mixed
$_attachedEvents  : array<string|int, mixed>

Methods

__call()  : mixed
Calls the named method which is not a class method.
__construct()  : mixed
Constructor.
__get()  : mixed
Returns the value of an object property.
__isset()  : bool
Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.
__set()  : mixed
Sets value of an object property.
__unset()  : mixed
Sets an object property to null.
attach()  : mixed
Attaches the behavior object to the component.
canGetProperty()  : bool
Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.
canSetProperty()  : bool
Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.
className()  : string
Returns the fully qualified name of this class.
detach()  : mixed
Detaches the behavior object from the component.
evaluateAttributes()  : mixed
Evaluates the attribute value and assigns it to the current attributes.
events()  : array<string|int, mixed>
Declares event handlers for the [[owner]]'s events.
hasMethod()  : bool
Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.
hasProperty()  : bool
Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined.
init()  : mixed
Initializes the object.
touch()  : mixed
Updates a timestamp attribute to the current timestamp.
getValue()  : mixed
Returns the value for the current attributes.

Properties

$attributes

public array<string|int, mixed> $attributes = []

list of attributes that are to be automatically filled with the value specified via [[value]]. The array keys are the ActiveRecord events upon which the attributes are to be updated, and the array values are the corresponding attribute(s) to be updated. You can use a string to represent a single attribute, or an array to represent a list of attributes. For example,

[
    ActiveRecord::EVENT_BEFORE_INSERT => ['attribute1', 'attribute2'],
    ActiveRecord::EVENT_BEFORE_UPDATE => 'attribute2',
]

$createdAtAttribute

public string $createdAtAttribute = 'created_at'

the attribute that will receive timestamp value Set this property to false if you do not want to record the creation time.

$preserveNonEmptyValues

public bool $preserveNonEmptyValues = false

whether to preserve non-empty attribute values.

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since
2.0.13

$skipUpdateOnClean

public bool $skipUpdateOnClean = true

whether to skip this behavior when the $owner has not been modified

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since
2.0.8

$updatedAtAttribute

public string $updatedAtAttribute = 'updated_at'

the attribute that will receive timestamp value. Set this property to false if you do not want to record the update time.

$value

public mixed $value

In case, when the value is null, the result of the PHP function time() will be used as value.

the value that will be assigned to the current attributes. This can be an anonymous function, callable in array format (e.g. [$this, 'methodName']), an [[\yii\db\Expression|Expression]] object representing a DB expression (e.g. new Expression('NOW()')), scalar, string or an arbitrary value. If the former, the return value of the function will be assigned to the attributes. The signature of the function should be as follows,

function ($event)
{
    // return value will be assigned to the attribute
}

$_attachedEvents

private array<string|int, mixed> $_attachedEvents = []

Attached events handlers

Methods

__call()

Calls the named method which is not a class method.

public __call(string $name, array<string|int, mixed> $params) : mixed

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when an unknown method is being invoked.

Parameters
$name : string

the method name

$params : array<string|int, mixed>

method parameters

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throws
UnknownMethodException

when calling unknown method

Return values
mixed —

the method return value

__construct()

Constructor.

public __construct([array<string|int, mixed> $config = [] ]) : mixed

The default implementation does two things:

  • Initializes the object with the given configuration $config.
  • Call [[init()]].

If this method is overridden in a child class, it is recommended that

  • the last parameter of the constructor is a configuration array, like $config here.
  • call the parent implementation at the end of the constructor.
Parameters
$config : array<string|int, mixed> = []

name-value pairs that will be used to initialize the object properties

__get()

Returns the value of an object property.

public __get(string $name) : mixed

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when executing $value = $object->property;.

Parameters
$name : string

the property name

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throws
UnknownPropertyException

if the property is not defined

throws
InvalidCallException

if the property is write-only

see
__set()
Return values
mixed —

the property value

__isset()

Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.

public __isset(string $name) : bool

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when executing isset($object->property).

Note that if the property is not defined, false will be returned.

Parameters
$name : string

the property name or the event name

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see
https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.isset.php
Return values
bool —

whether the named property is set (not null).

__set()

Sets value of an object property.

public __set(string $name, mixed $value) : mixed

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when executing $object->property = $value;.

Parameters
$name : string

the property name or the event name

$value : mixed

the property value

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throws
UnknownPropertyException

if the property is not defined

throws
InvalidCallException

if the property is read-only

see
__get()

__unset()

Sets an object property to null.

public __unset(string $name) : mixed

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when executing unset($object->property).

Note that if the property is not defined, this method will do nothing. If the property is read-only, it will throw an exception.

Parameters
$name : string

the property name

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throws
InvalidCallException

if the property is read only.

see
https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.unset.php

attach()

Attaches the behavior object to the component.

public attach(Component $owner) : mixed

The default implementation will set the [[owner]] property and attach event handlers as declared in [[events]]. Make sure you call the parent implementation if you override this method.

Parameters
$owner : Component

the component that this behavior is to be attached to.

canGetProperty()

Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.

public canGetProperty(string $name[, bool $checkVars = true ]) : bool

A property is readable if:

  • the class has a getter method associated with the specified name (in this case, property name is case-insensitive);
  • the class has a member variable with the specified name (when $checkVars is true);
Parameters
$name : string

the property name

$checkVars : bool = true

whether to treat member variables as properties

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see
canSetProperty()
Return values
bool —

whether the property can be read

canSetProperty()

Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.

public canSetProperty(string $name[, bool $checkVars = true ]) : bool

A property is writable if:

  • the class has a setter method associated with the specified name (in this case, property name is case-insensitive);
  • the class has a member variable with the specified name (when $checkVars is true);
Parameters
$name : string

the property name

$checkVars : bool = true

whether to treat member variables as properties

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see
canGetProperty()
Return values
bool —

whether the property can be written

className()

Returns the fully qualified name of this class.

public static className() : string
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deprecated

since 2.0.14. On PHP >=5.5, use ::class instead.

Return values
string —

the fully qualified name of this class.

detach()

Detaches the behavior object from the component.

public detach() : mixed

The default implementation will unset the [[owner]] property and detach event handlers declared in [[events]]. Make sure you call the parent implementation if you override this method.

evaluateAttributes()

Evaluates the attribute value and assigns it to the current attributes.

public evaluateAttributes(Event $event) : mixed
Parameters
$event : Event

events()

Declares event handlers for the [[owner]]'s events.

public events() : array<string|int, mixed>
Return values
array<string|int, mixed> —

events (array keys) and the corresponding event handler methods (array values).

hasMethod()

Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.

public hasMethod(string $name) : bool

The default implementation is a call to php function method_exists(). You may override this method when you implemented the php magic method __call().

Parameters
$name : string

the method name

Return values
bool —

whether the method is defined

hasProperty()

Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined.

public hasProperty(string $name[, bool $checkVars = true ]) : bool

A property is defined if:

  • the class has a getter or setter method associated with the specified name (in this case, property name is case-insensitive);
  • the class has a member variable with the specified name (when $checkVars is true);
Parameters
$name : string

the property name

$checkVars : bool = true

whether to treat member variables as properties

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see
canGetProperty()
see
canSetProperty()
Return values
bool —

whether the property is defined

touch()

Updates a timestamp attribute to the current timestamp.

public touch(string $attribute) : mixed 
$model->touch('lastVisit');
Parameters
$attribute : string

the name of the attribute to update.

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throws
InvalidCallException

if owner is a new record (since version 2.0.6).

getValue()

Returns the value for the current attributes.

protected getValue(mixed $event) : mixed

In case, when the [[value]] is null, the result of the PHP function time() will be used as value.

Parameters
$event : mixed

the event that triggers the current attribute updating.

Return values
mixed —

the attribute value


        

        
    




    

    

                                

                

                                
    

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