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Asked: 2026-05-14T01:45:34+00:00

Say I have this line of code in the view. <?php echo CHtml::activeTextField($model,’start_time’); ?>

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Say I have this line of code in the view.

<?php echo CHtml::activeTextField($model,'start_time'); ?>

start_time is a UNIX timestamp. When just displaying it in a view I can apply functions like date() on it. Where should I apply the formatting when I’m displaying it in a form, by using the above line of code? (This case of timestamps/dates might be special, but I’m also interested in how would one go about if it wasn’t a date and I just want to work with

“value in database” <> “different representations of the value in different views.

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  1. Editorial Team

    We generally extend CActiveRecord::afterFind() to convert the data into a human-readable format and CActiveRecord::beforeValidate() to transform it back.

    If you need more than one format available at all times, you may want to give Yii’s getters and setters a try.

    Having both

    • CActiveRecord::getFieldName() and
    • CActiveRecord::setFieldName($value)

    allows you to put CHtml::activeTextField($model, 'fieldName') in your views. Obviously, you manipulate the underlying database column in those methods (apparently it’s called start_time in your case). Hope this helps.

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