TimestampBehavior::className(), * '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, * * ```php * $model->touch('creation_time'); * ``` * * @author Qiang Xue * @author Alexander Kochetov * @since 2.0 */ class TimestampBehavior extends AttributeBehavior { /** * @var string the attribute that will receive timestamp value * Set this property to false if you do not want to record the creation time. */ public $createdAtAttribute = 'created_at'; /** * @var string the attribute that will receive timestamp value. * Set this property to false if you do not want to record the update time. */ public $updatedAtAttribute = 'updated_at'; /** * @inheritdoc * * In case, when the value is `null`, the result of the PHP function [time()](http://php.net/manual/en/function.time.php) * will be used as value. */ public $value; /** * @inheritdoc */ public function init() { parent::init(); if (empty($this->attributes)) { $this->attributes = [ BaseActiveRecord::EVENT_BEFORE_INSERT => [$this->createdAtAttribute, $this->updatedAtAttribute], BaseActiveRecord::EVENT_BEFORE_UPDATE => $this->updatedAtAttribute, ]; } } /** * @inheritdoc * * In case, when the [[value]] is `null`, the result of the PHP function [time()](http://php.net/manual/en/function.time.php) * will be used as value. */ protected function getValue($event) { if ($this->value === null) { return time(); } return parent::getValue($event); } /** * Updates a timestamp attribute to the current timestamp. * * ```php * $model->touch('lastVisit'); * ``` * @param string $attribute the name of the attribute to update. * @throws InvalidCallException if owner is a new record (since version 2.0.6). */ public function touch($attribute) { /* @var $owner BaseActiveRecord */ $owner = $this->owner; if ($owner->getIsNewRecord()) { throw new InvalidCallException('Updating the timestamp is not possible on a new record.'); } $owner->updateAttributes(array_fill_keys((array) $attribute, $this->getValue(null))); } }