Cjuidatepicker Default Options Issue

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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Hi all,

I have a page that includes many date fields so I have decided that I would like to use the CJuiDatePicker widget to make the data entry process quicker.

I have successfully included the widget on some fields but I have noticed that I am including the same widget options each time I call the widget. These options include date format, select other months & change year etc. and including them each time seems like a waste of code.

With this in mind I have looked at the main CJuiDatePicker.php file and wondered if these options can be put in that file so whenever the widget is called those options are already set.

I have added the following code into the file:


public $defaultOptions = array(

    'language'=> '',

    'dateFormat' => 'yy-mm-dd',

    'selectOtherMonths' => true,

    'changeYear' => true,

    'changeMonth' => true,

);

Now when I call the widget I just do this in the view file:


$this->widget('zii.widgets.jui.CJuiDatePicker', array(

    'model' => $model,

    'attribute' => 'pr_date_proof_sent')

);

The problem I am having is that the widget is appearing in Chinese. I have looked into this issue and everything I have read states that the language option should fix it.

Has anyone any experience with the DatePicker widget and able to offer a solution to this problem?

Many thanks

2

Sorted it.

The language setting should not be in the default options array. Instead do this:


public $language = 'en-GB';

Hope this helps other people.