Question

Using Yii MVC, I want to know when a user is still on my webpage, so I need to store the last time a user has been active.

Is there a hook that can update a timestamp field in the user table ?

Answer 1

I found the answer, adding the following code in the components/Controller.php

The code, uses the afterAction hook, so everytime a action happens, the update is triggered.

    public function keepAlive() {
        if (!Yii::app()->user->isGuest) {
            User::model()->updateByPk(
                    Yii::app()->user->id, array('lastactive' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s')) //CURRENT_TIMESTAMP..this working fine
            );
        }
    }

// Runs after any action in controller
    public function afterAction($action) {
        self::keepAlive();
        parent::afterAction($action);
    }