Codeigniter merge form fields into database

Question

I have two form fields on my view page, a date input (with a date selector popup) and a time input.

When passing these values into the model, is it possible to merge them together so they will both go into a single database field with a type of Timestamp? eg 12/12/2012 + 14:20 and saved to the db as 2012/12/12 14:20:00

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

If you just want to join them together, and you're fine with the combined field being a string, you could just concatenate.

$date = $this->input->post('date');
$time = $this->input->post('time');

$timestamp = "$date "."$time";

You would also need to create a field in your DB model for this new timestamp field.

Answer 2

You should do some sort of validation of the date as well to be sure if fits your db format

something like below:

$date = new DateTime($this->input->post("date");
$time = new DateTime($this->input->post("time");

$datetime = $date->format("Y-m-d") . $time->format("H:i:s");

Then use the $datetime variable in your model to be inserted.