Timestamp for dispalying recently updated listings

I am using the field fldupdated in my database as a timestamp so that I can sort/view listings by the most recently updated.
Here is one page that I am doing this one. http://www.communityhotline.com/Member-Posts/ads-events-news-recently-updated.php?SI=&Search=1&theme=default

It appears that the database is getting updated by itself and listings that are NOT getting updated by the user are getting updated randomly in the database. Is this possible? The reason I think this is that there are some listings by users that have not been active for a long time whose listings are appearing at the top of my recently updated page.

I have the fldupdated field in the create page as hidden. On my update page I have the same thing - <input type="hidden" name="fldupdated" id="fldupdated" value="<?php echo(str_replace('"', '&quot;', $row_WADAtbl_post['fldupdated'])); ?>" size="32" />

Thanks!

I need more details.

using this on the update page for fldupdated column:

<input type="hidden" name="fldupdated" id="fldupdated" value="<?php echo(str_replace('"', '&quot;', $row_WADAtbl_post['fldupdated'])); ?>" size="32" />



would mean that the field value would not be able to change since it would always be set to use the value stored in the recordset?


The database should not be able to update itself, someone would need to access the users account to update the records.

you should contact the account owners to make sure they are not making the changes.

I contacted the hosting company as well and this was there response "It looks like your database is using myisam. Myisam updates a database by tables so what I believe is happening is that an entry is being updated and since that table is updated everything in that table is being marked as updated. You may want to check with a database administrator to see if there is a way around it."

Also I adjust the update page to <input type="hidden" name="fldupdated" id="fldupdated" value="" size="32" />

thats not true, myisam will not update a date field in your table for all records when one record is updated.


the hidden element should be set to:

<input type="hidden" name="fldupdated" id="fldupdated" value="<?php echo(date("Y-m-d")); ?>" size="32" />

Thank you - Is there a way to get the time the post was updated verses just the date? I tried - <?php echo(date("Y-m-d-H:i:s")); ?> and then nothing updated.

You need to use a space and not a dash between the date and time like:

<?php echo(date("Y-m-d H:i:s")); ?>

That worked perfectly. Thank You!!