How to differentiate add and edit state in _form.php?

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hi,

I have a file field in the _form.php used by both add.php and edit.php




<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'ImageFileName'); ?>

<?php echo $form->fileField($model,'ImageFileName'); ?>

<?php echo $form->error($model,'ImageFileName'); ?>

In the add state, the form field appears nicely and I have no problem in the controller uploading the file.

But how do I make the edit page to show the uploaded file in the form of a link? (with a small delete icon beside it)

If I share the same _form.php as the add page, the edit page will show the input field minus the filename.

How to differentiate add and edit state in the _form.php?

Or should I create a separate _form_edit.php just to display the uploaded file as a link?

Thanks for helping.

2

Hi!

You can pass the variable to _form.php. I.e. in add.php:




<?php $this->renderPartial('_form', array(

    'post'=>$post,

    'update'=>false,

)); ?>

And in edit.php:




<?php $this->renderPartial('_form', array(

    'post'=>$post,

    'update'=>true,

)); ?>

Then in _form.php you can check it:




<?php echo CHtml::submitButton($update ? Yii::t("Post", "Save") : Yii::t("Post", "Create"), array('name'=>'submitPost', 'class'=>'button1')); ?>
3

You can also check if the $model is new:




if ($model->isNewRecord)

{

   create stuffs

}

else

{

   update stuffs

}

Like is done for the submit button.

4

thks guys!