If you rethink the field type used (datetime instead of timestamp),
CakePHP can handle this for you automatically. If you really wanted a
timestamp for use within your application, strtotime() works
wonders. :)
http://book.cakephp.org/view/69/created-and-modified
On Dec 17, 3:00 pm, Foroct <forrestfraz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am working on my first cakePHP site and came across an issue I cant
> quite figure out. I have a registration form that a user fills out to
> become a member. I want to capture the time they fill out the form so
> I added a date_added field in my database. In the form the field
> would normally be called as so echo $form->input('date_added'); but I
> wanted it hidden so I did this echo $form->hidden('date_added'); which
> for some reason returns all 0's in the timestamp. Then I was thinking
> that even if I did get it to pass the current time a user could just
> edit that to change their date added.
>
> So the question is, how do I pass a timestamp without the user seeing
> it and without the user being able to edit it?
>
> Thanks!
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