How to insert a value to created_at field using Query Builder - php

Question

I am new to Laravel. I am looking for a way to insert a value to specific field such as created_at automatically whenever the row is inserted to the DB table.
I found out that only Eloquent way which uses some Model->save() inserts timestamp to desired field.
But I want to be able to insert a value even when I use QueryBuilder. Is there any way to do so?
I have looked at this post: Query builder not inserting timestamps
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance

Answer 1

You've said before you're using Model::insertGetId(), but the thing is this method is not using Eloquent. It's a Query Builder method. So, use create() instead:
$object = Model::create($data);
$id = $object->id;
If you still want to use insertGetId(), you'll need to add created_at timestamp manually:
$data['created_at'] = now();
Model::insertGetId($data);
Or you could set CURRENT_TIMESTAMP as a default for timestamp column, but it's so much better to just use Eloquent to handle this.

Answer 2

You can make a new helper methods in helpers.php
Something like this:
public function queryBuilderInsert($table, $data, $deleted_at = false)
{
$data['created_at'] = \Carbon::now();
$data['updated_at'] = \Carbon::now();
$deleted_at ? $data['deleted_at'] = null :;
\DB::table($table)->insert($data);
}
public function queryBuilderUpdate($builder, $data)
{
$data['updated_at'] = \Carbon::now();
$builder->update($data);
}
And then you can build your queries like this:
For insert use queryBuilderInsert method
$example_data = [
'name' => 'Name',
'email'=> 'Email'
];
queryBuilderInsert('users',$example_data);
If you're using soft deletes on your table you can use the third parameter of queryBuilderInsert
queryBuilderInsert('users',$example_data, true);
For update, you can make your query and then call queryBuilderUpdate method
$example_update_data = [
'name' => 'Name',
'email'=> 'Email'
];
$builder = \DB::table('users')->where('id',1);
queryBuilderUpdate($builder,$example_update_data);
It will set updated_at date and make update