Dynamic Form Model

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hello,

I’m really new to Yii and having trouble grasping the form model concept.

I have a Chart of Accounts (COA) database table containing master_account_ids and account_names.

I am creating a form that will list each account name along with an input field for the user entry. The input field name will correspond to the master_account_id, and the input value will be a dollar amount. I’ve retrieved the COA data and passed it to the view, and I have the following snippet:


foreach($coa as $row) {

  echo '<tr><td>'.$row->display_label.'</td><td>'.$form->textfield($model,$row->master_account_id).'</td></tr>';

}

This produces an error: Property "MonthlyAccountEntriesForm.501001 is not defined."

Must I define each master_account_id (listed here as 501001) in the model? (There will be hundreds based on the selected COA.) Or do I avoid using the form helper and just type it out as:


foreach($coa as $row) {

  echo '<tr><td>'.$row->display_label.'</td><td><input type="text" name="'.$row->master_account_id.'"></td></tr>';

}

Looking for some guidance.

Thanks

2

Try changing this to:


foreach($coa as $row) {

  echo '<tr><td>'.$row->display_label.'</td><td>'.$form->textfield($row,'your_money_field', array('name'=>'result_'.$row->master_account_id)).'</td></tr>';

}

Replace ‘your_money_field’ with the name of the field you’re storing your dollar amount in (leave the quotes though). Then in your controller you can add this:




if(isset($_POST) && count($_POST)>0) {echo '<pre>'; print_r($_POST); echo '</pre>'; }

That should get you going in the right direction. You’ll want to loop through the results and parse out the ID for each one.

3

Many thanks. The documentation is good, but sometime its a bit confusing and difficult to find the right syntax. You comments really helped.

Regards,

Kevin