Hi Yves,

Thanks for the tip, that worked, I think I'll use that from now on..

Just out of curiosity though, any idea why it wasn't working as I was  
writing it :)


On Apr 30, 2008, at 11:47 AM, YVES SUCAET wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>
> It's not because you create a date/time value that you automatically  
> have an
> integer-value. You need to specify first that you want the date/time  
> value
> converted to an integer value first.
>
> See
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_unix-timestamp
> for an example of how to do this.
>
> Actually, by using this function, you probably don't even need to  
> create the
> $modifiedTimestamp variable anymore. You can just write your SQL  
> query as
> follows:
>
> $sql = "Update `mytable` set timestamp=UNIX_TIMESTAMP() where  
> Record='1'";
>
> HTH,
>
> Yves
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:39:11 AM CDT
> From: Jason Pruim <japruim@raoset.com>
> To: Stut <stuttle@gmail.com>Cc: php-db@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Timestamps
>
>
> On Apr 30, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Stut wrote:
>
>> On 30 Apr 2008, at 16:29, Jason Pruim wrote:
>>> Okay... So I know this should be simple...
>>>
>>> Trying to store a timestamp in a MySQL database... The timestamp I
>>> am making like so: $modifiedTimestamp = time();
>>>
>>> and then just $sql = "Update `mytable` set
>>> timestamp='$modifiedTimestamp' where Record='1'";
>>>
>>> Simple right? Not quite...in my database it's storing a "0" in the
>>> timestamp field which is a int(10) field.
>>>
>>> I have googled, and searched manuals, but have not been able to
>>> figure out what is going on....
>>>
>>> Any Ideas?
>>
>> timestamp is a reserved word. Try putting it in backticks.
>
>
> Okay, so I did a really crappy job at my sudo code... The field name
> is actually Last_Updated.
>
> so my update code looks like this: Last_Updated='$modifiedTimestamp'
>
> *Slaps his wrist... Bad copy/paste! BAD!!!
>
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