How to override preUpdate action to not modify my `updated_at` field in Doctrine?

Question

I want to disable the automatic behaviour of changing the 'updated_at' field when an object is updated. I want to do it manually; or at least, have the posibility to disable it as wanted.

I know I can do this by building my own behaviour as in this great answer. But I was searching for something 'cleaner' modifying a listener of the object.

I've tried to override the preUpdate() action on the model.
I've tried to disable the listeners, and nothing:

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Doctrine::getTable('Place')->getRecordListener()->setOption('disabled', true);
// or
Doctrine::getTable('Place')->getRecordListener()->setOption('disabled', array('preUpdate'));
// As reference, I've used these two lines on a Symfony Task

Any more ideas, or code to look at?

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '12 at 11:29

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You can access the listener directly from your object like this:


  $listenerChain = $this->getListener();

  $i = 0;

  while ($listener = $listenerChain->get($i))
  {
    if ($listener instanceof Doctrine_Template_Listener_Timestampable)
    {
      $listener->setOption('disabled', true);
      break;
    }
    $i++;
  }

answered Mar 01 '12 at 11:29

Ronald

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Depending on the use case, this answer might be more relevant. As the original question was about having "the posibility to disable it as wanted". – Bonswouar Sep 16 '15 at 15:01

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '10 at 00:18

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according to the docs at http://www.doctrine-project.org/documentation/manual/1_1/nl/behaviors:core-behaviors#timestampable if you want to use Timestampable but not the updated portion of it just use:

Timestampable:
  updated:
    disabled: true

And add in your own updated_at field in the columns section.

answered Feb 20 '10 at 00:18

Josh Coady

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i like it, and I don't even have to do any migration :-) – fesja Feb 23 '10 at 17:32

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 19 '10 at 09:18

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The most simple way to do this would be to rename the updated_at field to something else. So that it is ignored by Doctrine.

That way, you can control the contents of the field exactly.

answered Feb 19 '10 at 09:18

Jon Winstanley

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 04 '12 at 22:21

// get the first (in our case the timstampable) listener for the record
$timestampable = $record->getListener()->get(0);

// disable setting of created_at at the timestampable listener
$timestampable->setOption(array('created' => array('disabled' => true)));

problem is that you have to know the position of the listener

you can also disable all listeners this way:

$record->getListener()->setOption('disabled',true);

How to override preUpdate action to not modify my `updated_at` field in Doctrine?

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