- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
class MyEntity
{
public ?int $id = null;
public ?\DateTimeImmutable $updatedAt = null;
public function setUpdatedAt(): self
{
if (null !== $this->id || null === $this->updatedAt) {
$this->updatedAt = new DateTimeImmutable();
}
return $this;
}
}
// Insert without custom date
$a = new MyEntity();
$a->setUpdatedAt();
var_dump($a);
// Insert with custom date
$b = new MyEntity();
$b->updatedAt = new \DateTimeImmutable('2022-09-16');
$b->setUpdatedAt();
var_dump($b);
// Update
$c = new MyEntity();
$c->id = 42;
$c->updatedAt = new \DateTimeImmutable('2022-09-16');
$c->setUpdatedAt();
var_dump($c);