mysql datetime时间戳时间之间的差异

Question

I want to get the current time when a login attempt is processed. I want to get the time retrieved in probably date and hour/min/sec.

I have a database with a field called last_attempt , which holds the date and time of the last login attempt.

Which of the types Datetime , Timestamp , Time or others should I use for the field? And also what method in PHP should I use?

Answer 1

PHP time() is all you need. It returns the current time posted at the server in seconds from epoch january. (You'll store the result as a unsigned number most likely.)