Question

I am having table called users with following fields ,

is_login(tinyint(1)) and last_login(datetime).

Below is the piece of code to update when user is online using Zend,

public function updateLastLoginDetails($id){
            $currentDateTime = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
            $data = array('is_online' => 1,'last_login'=>$currentDateTime);
            $this->_db->update( 'users', $data,'id = '.$id);
}

Here i am using $currentDateTime = date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); to store current data and time. But it seems not ok with time.
Kindly suggest me the best way to store current data and time using Zend .
Thanks in Advance,
Dinesh Kumar Manoharan

Answer 1

I’m not exactly sure what’s causing your problem, but I find using NOW() to be easier. Also, you should ensure the variable $id gets quoted in the update’s where condition.

public function updateLastLoginDetails($id){
    $data = array('is_online' => 1, 'last_login' => new Zend_Db_Expr('NOW()'));
    $this->_db->update('users', $data, array('id = ?' => $id));
}