how to use mysql now() function in cakephp for date fields?

Question

I have this code in my cakephp project:

$this->data[\'MyObject\'][\'expire_date\'] = \'NOW()\';

and...

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Answer 1

You can shorten that to

$this->data['MyObject']['expire_date'] = date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); 

By default, date() will take the present time, if you do not pass it a second 'timestamp' argument.

This method is preferable to calling DboSource::expression() especially when you want to set it in the controller for various reasons, instead of in the model.