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

For CakePHP 3 (in case someone's searching), you'd need to use the SQL functions:

$query = $this->Example->query();
$query
    ->insert(['created','id'])
    ->values(array(
        'created' => $query->func()->now(),
        'id' => $id,
    ));
$result = $query->execute();

Sources:

• query-builder.html#using-sql-functions