Doctrine 2.1 - datetime column default value

Question

Could someone tell me how to add default value on datetime column? I can\'t do this like this:

protected $registration_date = date(\"Y-m-d H:i:s\", time());
         


        

Answer 1

You can also use lifecycle callbacks if you want to be very precise:

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;

/**
 * @ORM\HasLifecycleCallbacks
 * ...
 */
class MyEntity
{
    /**
     * @ORM\PrePersist
     */
    public function onPrePersistSetRegistrationDate()
    {
        $this->registration_date = new \DateTime();
    }
}