CHTML::resolveName overload needed

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I’m having an awkward situation. I have a model in wich 3 other models are used. These 3 models are all of the same class.

CHtml uses resolveName to assemble the NAME for the html elements. In this example, if I use CHtml to build up the form, the NAME’s would be 3 times the same. This is not what I want.

What I need is CHtml::resolveName not calling ‘get_class’ but calling $model->resolveName(), wich in turn can be overloaded.

(Yes I know, I’m getting troubles with the labelnames, but I can solve that by overloading CFormModel::attributeLabels() or using a fieldset)

e.g.


class meter extends CFormModel

{

    public $startvalue;

    public $endvalue;

}


class myclass extends CFormModel

{

    public $meter1;

    public $meter2;

    public $meter3;

}


//Form

echo CHtml::activeLabel($model->meter1,'startvalue') . 

     CHtml::activeTextField($model->meter1,'startvalue');

echo CHtml::activeLabel($model->meter1,'endvalue') . 

     CHtml::activeTextField($model->meter1,'endvalue');

echo CHtml::activeLabel($model->meter2,'startvalue') . 

     CHtml::activeTextField($model->meter2,'startvalue');

echo CHtml::activeLabel($model->meter2,'endvalue') . 

     CHtml::activeTextField($model->meter2,'endvalue');

echo CHtml::activeLabel($model->meter3,'startvalue') . 

     CHtml::activeTextField($model->meter3,'startvalue');

echo CHtml::activeLabel($model->meter3,'endvalue') . 

     CHtml::activeTextField($model->meter3,'endvalue');
2

For multiple models with the same name on the same page read the following page:

http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/form.table

3

@Sebas: I have read the post about tabular form input. However this is not I want to do. I don’t have an array of models and I don’t have a relationship like 1 OrderHeader to many OrderLines.

The relationship I have, is 1 Room to 1 possible electric meter (meter1), to 1 possible water meter (meter2), to 1 possible gas meter (meter3). I have put all the different meters into one model, because they all share the same attributes.

The room has 3 attributes wich define if the meter is present or not: electricmeterpresent, watermeterpresent, gasmeterpresent.

So what I’m dealing with is not tabular input. The solution for the tabular form input is also programmed in CHtml::resolveName. Actually the only thing I want to do is to influence the NAME of a FORM/INPUT. The ID is already derived from the NAME in the CHtml class.

I’m guessing the only thing I can do at this moment is to program my own activeLabel and activeField, so I can determine my own FORM/NAME.

This is why I proposed to have CHTML::resolveName call a new function $model->resolveName. This way I can allways influence the NAME and I don’t have to program half of the CHtml class into my own class.

Regards,

Mirco

4

You can manually override the name and/or id of a form element with the $htmlOptions attribute:




echo CHtml::activeLabel($model->meter1,'startvalue', array('for'=>'custom_name_1')) . 

     CHtml::activeTextField($model->meter1,'startvalue', array('name'=>'custom_name_1'));

It’s not really elegant but it works.

5

I tried this and it works. Not really an elegant solution though.

Thanks !

Regards,

Mirco