Determine Whether We Are In Create Or Edit Mode

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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How in _form.php to determine whether we are in create or edit mode? (I need to make a filed not editable after the object was created.)

By the way would you suggest anything about how to implement non-editable (after created) fields?

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Using isNewRecord?


if ($model->isNewRecord) ....
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The method described above is good. Just for learning purposes, I’ll mention that you can also pass a variable from the ‘parent’ view file which can serve as a flag symboling the information you seek. For example, in the controller action method create you pass another variable to the ‘create.php’ view file like this:




$this->render('create', array(..., 'is_create' => true));

And in the create.php view file when you render the ‘_form’ view file…:




echo $this->renderPartial('_form', array(..., 'is_create' => $is_create));

and you do the same in the update action method (but is_create there should be false) and view files… .

Again, this is more cumbersome, error prone and less maintainable than the first solution proposed above this one.