DataMapper ORM v1.8.2

[eluser]North2Alaska[/eluser]
[quote author="WanWizard" date="1332068607"]As to the question about timestamps, just overload the save() method in your model:

Code:

// your model
public function save($object = '', $related_field = '')
{
    // check if object has a 'created' field, and it is not already set
    if (in_array($this->created_field, $this->fields) && empty($this->{$this->created_field}))
    {
        $this->{$this->created_field} = 'add your custom data here';
    }

    // and call the DM save() method to save the object
    return parent::save($object, $related_field);
}

You can do the same with other fields or methods. There are users that have overloaded several methods to implement soft delete functionality, where records are not deleted but marked as deleted.

If you want to use this for multiple models, create a base model for it:

Code:

class Basemodel extends Datamapper
{
    // your base model methods here
}

class User extends Basemodel
{
   // your normal model info here
}

Now your User model will inherit all methods defined in the Basemodel, as well as all methods in the Datamapper class.[/quote]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!