default value fo CHtml::activeTextArea()

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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Hi,

is there a way to set a default value for CHtml::activeTextArea()?

i need that because a have to put a default value in a gii generated textareain form :




$oContentForm = $this->beginWidget('CActiveForm');

echo $oContentForm ->textArea($oModel, 'attributeName', array('rows'=>20,'cols'=>125,'id'=>'ContentID'));

$this->endWidget();

CActiveForm->textArea use by default CHtml::activeTextArea()…

how can i do that ?

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..........array('rows'=>20,'cols'=>125,'id'=>'ContentID', 'value'=>'this is the default value')).........

;

3

1 thing that bothers me is that when you use the same form as an editing form, i don’t know what will be in the field, could be the default thingy, or could be the model content

anyway, i would do it with js, test it if it is empty and only then put in the default text

like they do with a search field so often on websites

4

I tryed this but it gives me an empty textarea…

it doeasn’t work because “textarea” tag don’t containt attribute “value”.

an other solution is to use CHtml::textArea(), it contain $value attribute.

textArea() method

i think , as Mukke said, the better way is do it with JS

5

yes i think both of you are right but i will figure out another possible way to this solution thanks to all

6

I’m sure this type of questions has been already asked few times on the forum…

To set an initial value you can just assign the desired value to the attribute… like:




$oContentForm = $this->beginWidget('CActiveForm');

$oModel->attributeName="my default value";

echo $oContentForm ->textArea($oModel, 'attributeName', array('rows'=>20,'cols'=>125,'id'=>'ContentID'));

$this->endWidget();

that assignment would be better in the controller (before rendering the view)… so that it’s set only on actionCreate as obviously you don’t want this on actionUpdate

7

Otherwise it can be auto filled with default value in your db, if I’m correct.

8

it’s soo good, I need it :D