Activeform - How Do You Call Label, Input, And Errors Individually?

Yii 2.0 General Discussions
1

It looks like the new ActiveForm combines the label, input, and error all into one: $form->field($model, $attribute). See code:




<?php $form = ActiveForm::begin([

    'id' => 'login-form',

    'options' => ['class' => 'form-horizontal'],

    'fieldConfig' => [

        'template' => "{label}\n<div class=\"col-lg-3\">{input}</div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-7\">{error}</div>",

        'labelOptions' => ['class' => 'col-lg-2 control-label'],

    ],

]); ?>


...


<?= $form->field($user, 'email') ?>

But I need more control over the html/css for proper styling. In Yii 1.xx, you could call them individually like so:




<div class="row">

    <?php echo $form->labelEx($user,'email'); ?>

    <?php echo $form->textField($user,'email',array('size'=>32,'maxlength'=>64)); ?>

    <?php echo $form->error($user,'email'); ?>

</div>

Is there a way to do this in Yii 2?

2

Yes.




<?= Html::activeLabel($user, 'email'); ?>

<?= Html::activeTextInput($user, 'email'); ?>

<?= Html::error($user, 'email'); ?>
3

Added it to the guide: https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/blob/master/docs/guide/form.md

1 Like
4

Awesome, thanks!

5

Iā€™m not using Yii2 but from the above code, it seems like these individual methods are no longer part of ActiveForm?

6

ActiveForm creates an ActiveField instance that calls these methods internally and puts them together according to a template definition. Html::active*() and CHtml::active*() are basically the same thing.

7

Hi is there a smarter way to create a hidden Field ?




<?php $form = ActiveForm::begin([

        'options' => ['class' => 'form-horizontal'],

        'fieldConfig' => [

            'template' => \common\helpers\ActiveFormHelper::formHorizontalGroupTemplate('col-lg-10'),

            'labelOptions' => [

                'class' => 'col-lg-2 control-label'

            ],

        ]

    ]); ?>




		<?= $form->field($model, 'seo_id',['options' => ['class' => ''],'template' => '{input}',])->input('hidden') ?>


	<?php ActiveForm::end(); ?>