Is there any way to include MySQL expressions like NOW() in the current build of ZF2 (2.0.0beta4) through Zend\Db and/or TableGateway insert()/update() statements?
Here is a related post on the mailing list, though it hasn't been answered: http://zend-framework-community.634137.n4.nabble.com/Zend-Db-Expr-and-Transactions-in-ZF2-Db-td4472944.html
It appears that ZF1 used something like:
$data = array(
'update_time' => new \Zend\Db\Expr("NOW()")
);
And after looking through Zend\Db\Sql\Expression I tried:
$data = array(
'update_time' => new \Zend\Db\Sql\Expression("NOW()"),
);
But get the following error:
Catchable fatal error: Object of class Zend\Db\Sql\Expression could not be converted to string in /var/www/vendor/ZF2/library/Zend/Db/Adapter/Driver/Pdo/Statement.php on line 256
As recommended here: http://zend-framework-community.634137.n4.nabble.com/ZF2-beta3-Zend-Db-Sql-Insert-new-Expression-now-td4536197.html I'm currently just setting the date with PHP code, but I'd rather use the MySQL server as the single source of truth for date/times.
$data = array(
'update_time' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
);
Thanks, I appreciate any input!
