#Dateable Behavior This Behavior is using the li3_behaviors library of the flexible and most RAD development framework for PHP 5.3+ Lithium This behavior will use MongoDate objects as the date types.

See:

• http://rad-dev.org/lithium/
• http://rad-dev.org/li3_behaviors/

This dateable behavior automatically adds two new attributes to your model: created and updated via Filters. We've chosen create & update because of CRUD but are customizable.

##Installation

Checkout the code to either of your library directories:

cd libraries
git clone git@github.com

Include the library in in your /app/config/bootstrap/libraries.php

Libraries::add('li3_dateable');

This Library is using the li3_behaviors library. It will load the li3_behaviors lib automatically, so activating the li3_behaviors in your bootstrap is optional.

##Usage

###Model According to the li3_behaviors lib, your model must be a child class of:

\li3_behaviors\extensions\Model

Example:

class Foo extends \li3_behaviors\extensions\Model {

	protected $_actsAs = array(
		'Dateable'
	);
}

thats it :)

Now your Model is using the dateable behavior.

If you want to configure the behavior you should use the following:

class Foo extends \li3_behaviors\extensions\Model {

	protected $_actsAs = array(
		'Dateable' => array(
			'updated' => array('field' => 'updated', 'index' => true),
			'created' => array('field' => 'created', 'index' => true),
		)
	);
}

then you can edit the field names and deactivate the automatic creation of the indexes in mongodb

As mentioned above, this behavior is using the lithium Filter-Rules:

• create every time you create a new Entity via: Model::create(), the attributes created & updated will be filled with a MongoDate Object
• update on every update, only the attribute update will be filled with the MongoDate Object

=== Future ===

• Implementaton of diferent date formats like the original proyect instead of MongoDate
• Test Coverage