Models - using beforeCreate() does not appear to work

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Models - using beforeCreate() does not appear to work

baychae Feb '15

Created Feb '15	Last Reply Feb '15	Replies 0	Views 1074	Votes 0

baychae 47.7k

Feb '15

In my model I have:

    public function beforeCreate()
    {
        $this->created = date("Y:m:d H:i:s");
        $this->modified = date("Y:m:d H:i:s");
    }

    public function beforeUpdate()
    {
        $this->modified = date("Y:m:d H:i:s");
    }

In the database both columns are not null.

In the controller the record is either created or updated using save().

For existing records beforeUpdate() works and updates an existing date.

When creating a new record I get the following error messages on executing beforeCreate():

created is required
modified is required

Does this mean that I must always 'initialize' flelds created and modified before the record is created in the database?

I think so.

https://docs.phalcon.io/en/latest/reference/models.html#events-and-events-manager

baychae · Answer 1 · 2015-02-19T09:09:32-07:00

I got confused as in traits and behaviours it infers I can use create in this way. But I guess this is only when you have a database column without NotNull attached.

<?php

trait MyTimestampable
{

    public function beforeCreate()
    {
        $this->created_at = date('r');
    }

    public function beforeUpdate()
    {
        $this->updated_at = date('r');
    }

}

baychae · Answer 2 · 2015-02-19T09:10:54-07:00

baychae
47.7k

Feb '15

Right there. Thanks.

Try beforeValidationOnCreate.