Automatically use Timestamp in Laravel 5.4 Query builder - laravel

Question

is there any way to automatically use time-stamp when using query builder, currently I'm using CARBON.
here is my code:
DB::table('product_in_out')->insert(
['product_id' => $product_id,
'warehouse_id' => $warehouse_id,
'balance_before' => Product::getProductBalanceOf($action_id, $product_id),
'in' => $product_qty,
'out' => '0',
'after_balance' => Product::getProductBalanceOf($action_id, $product_id)+$product_qty,
'action' => 'ProcurementReceipt',
'action_id' => $action_id,
'created_by' => auth()->user()->id,
'updated_by' => auth()->user()->id,
'is_active' => '1',
'created_at' => \Carbon\Carbon::now(), # \Datetime()
'updated_at' => \Carbon\Carbon::now(),# \Datetime() ]
);

Answer 1

Fields created_at and update_at are part of Eloquent.
You need to use Eloquent instead of query builder to insert and update the record in to database for automatic time handling. Eloquent will handle auto update of updated_at column for you,
here is the way,
If you have model name Product,
$product = new Product();
$product->column_name = $column_value;
....
...
$product->save();
Above code will add time stamp automatically at created_at and updated_at column.
Now use Eloquent to update your records like,
$product = Product::find($id);
$product->update_column_name = $update_value;
...
...
$product->update();
This will update your updated_at column value accordingly.
Hope you understand.

Answer 2

Use Laravel Macros:
https://medium.com/fattihkoca/laravel-auto-save-timestamps-with-query-builder-without-using-eloquent-123f7ebfeb92
It is wise to create a macro to avoid typing the same things every time.
insertTs method inserting records into database with created_at data:
DB::table('users')->insertTs([
'email' => 'john#example.com'
]);
$id = DB::table('users')->insertGetIdTs([
'email' => 'john#example.com'
]);
updateTs method updating records into database with updated_at data:
DB::table('users')
->where('id', 1)
->updateTs(['email' => 'john#example.com']);
deleteTs method deleting records into database with deleted_at data (soft delete):
DB::table('users')
->where('id', 1)
->deleteTs();