[5.2] updated_at column always updated, regardless of 'timestamps' option

[guillemc]

Doing something like:

$user->name = 'user ' . date('H:i:s');
$user->save(['timestamps' => false]);

Results in:

'name' => 'user 12:36:35'
'updated_at' => '2016-05-02 12:36:35'

The reason appears to be that, although in the model's performUpdatemethod the updated_at column is discarded, Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder adds it again.

[themsaid]

As in #12627 and #10028.

This feature is broken, and was removed in 5.3 #12617.

Use this approach instead:

...
$user->timestamps = false;

$user->save();

[srmklive]

You can go with @themsaid's solution or you can simply do this in your Eloquent model as well:

public $timestamps = false;

[guillemc]

Oops, sorry for the duplication, and thanks for the response.