how do you mix/put different/multiple models in a single page? 
how do you mix/put different/multiple models in a single page?
single page = single view? Please clarify. If that is the case you could instantiate different models in the your action in the controller class such as:>
public function actionMyaction()
{
$model1 = new Model1();
$model2 = new Model2();
...do some more stuff....
$this->render('myaction', array('model1'=>$model1, 'model2'=>$model2));
}
In your view file you could access $model1 and $model2 depending on what they return in terms of value.
This works for me. Hope it helps
yeah that’s what i was looking for… lemme check that out and give you a feedback. thanks. 
still doesn’t show… no error’s no anything… just what it looked like before putting those things… 
public function actionList()
{
$criteria=new CDbCriteria;
$pages=new CPagination(Event::model()->count($criteria));
$pages->pageSize=self::PAGE_SIZE;
$pages->applyLimit($criteria);
// Is the event published or not?
$criteria->condition = "publish = 1";
$models=Event::model()->findAll($criteria);
$model = new Banners;
$this->render('list',array(
'models'=>$models,
'pages'=>$pages,
'model'=>$model
));
}
What would you expect to be returned. Are you sure that your queries return data? try to print_r/var_dump your ActiveRecords to see if they indeed return data.
they actually return data…
okay let me explain a bit further.
i have two models, Event and Banners. Of which, event is the defaultController.
now as i said above, event is the default controller and when i visit my site, it displays the events perfectly.
then i change the default controller to banners and it displays banners now, but just the banners, i mean i manipulate their respective data via an admin section which i developed myself. but that’s out of the question.
now i want my site to have the events, as it is seen by default, and the banners at the side, co-existing with the event model.
darn this is hard as digging through a concrete wall with your bare hands. 
which part doesn’t show? $model or $models? Is the actionList() the same for both controllers?
i actually have the slightest idea… but this is the one inside my BannersControllers
/**
* Lists all models.
*/
public function actionIndex()
{
$dataProvider=new CActiveDataProvider('Banners');
$this->render('index',array(
'dataProvider'=>$dataProvider,
));
}
and this is the one in my default controller
/**
* Lists all models.
*/
public function actionList()
{
$criteria=new CDbCriteria;
$banner_model = new Banners();
$banner = $banner_model->findAll();
$limit = 3;
$pages=new CPagination(Event::model()->count($criteria));
$pages->pageSize=self::PAGE_SIZE;
$pages->applyLimit($criteria);
$criteria->condition = "publish = 1";
$models=Event::model()->findAll($criteria);
$banner=Banner::model()->findAll($criteria);
$this->render('list',array(
'models'=>$models,
'banner'=>$banner,
'pages'=>$pages
));
}
can i just include() the other class in my main controller? coz now that i did that, it asks for the inclusion of Banner.php which is a model. and when i include it it somehow returns an error due to an invalid directory inside the include.
this is what shows up after including the Banner model
PHP Error
Description
include(Banner.php) [<a href='function.include'>function.include</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory
Source File
C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(192)
00180: else
00181: self::$_aliases[$alias]=rtrim($path,'\\/');
00182: }
00183: public static function autoload($className)
00184: {
00185: // use include so that the error PHP file may appear
00186: if(isset(self::$_coreClasses[$className]))
00187: include(YII_PATH.self::$_coreClasses[$className]);
00188: else if(isset(self::$_classes[$className]))
00189: include(self::$_classes[$className]);
00190: else
00191: {
00192: /* this is highlighted*/ include($className.'.php');
00193: return class_exists($className,false) || interface_exists($className,false);
00194: }
00195: return true;
00196: }
00197: public static function trace($msg,$category='application')
00198: {
00199: if(YII_DEBUG)
00200: self::log($msg,CLogger::LEVEL_TRACE,$category);
00201: }
00202: public static function log($msg,$level=CLogger::LEVEL_INFO,$category='application')
00203: {
00204: if(self::$_logger===null)
Stack Trace
#0 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(192): autoload()
#1 unknown(0): autoload()
#2 C:\xampp\htdocs\viasatondemand\protected\controllers\EventController.php(276): spl_autoload_call()
#3 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(3430): EventController->actionList()
#4 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(3002): CInlineAction->run()
#5 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(5655): EventController->runAction()
#6 C:\xampp\yii\framework\web\widgets\COutputCache.php(147): CFilterChain->run()
#7 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(5652): COutputCache->filter()
#8 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(5664): CFilterChain->run()
#9 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(3334): CAccessControlFilter->filter()
#10 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(5697): EventController->filterAccessControl()
#11 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(5652): CInlineFilter->filter()
#12 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(2992): CFilterChain->run()
#13 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(2977): EventController->runActionWithFilters()
#14 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(1542): EventController->run()
#15 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(1434): CWebApplication->runController()
#16 C:\xampp\yii\framework\yiilite.php(1049): CWebApplication->processRequest()
#17 C:\xampp\htdocs\viasatondemand\index.php(11): CWebApplication->run()
Are you sure is not a typo?
In your code above you wrote Banners, and the error is about Banner.
strange, my model is Banners.php not Banner.php that’s why i used Banners.
what is the name of the model file and what is the name of the class in it?
@kael
Check your code carefully…
/**
* Lists all models.
*/
public function actionList()
{
$criteria=new CDbCriteria;
$banner_model = new Banners();
$banner = $banner_model->findAll(); // <--- variable $banner " not used anywhere!!! "
$limit = 3;
$pages=new CPagination(Event::model()->count($criteria));
$pages->pageSize=self::PAGE_SIZE;
$pages->applyLimit($criteria);
$criteria->condition = "publish = 1";
$models=Event::model()->findAll($criteria);
$banner=Banner::model()->findAll($criteria); // <-- here you call model Banner and "again" assign to variable $banner
$this->render('list',array(
'models'=>$models,
'banner'=>$banner,
'pages'=>$pages
));
}
Look at the "red" comments I inserted
ara?.. yeah… that was stupidly done… lemme check on everything
well the model file is Banners.php and the class name is Banners.
okay lemme explain a bit more…
i wanna put model Banners into my default controller, since a web app can’t have two different controllers at the same time ayt?. so basically, i’m tryin to put my main model, and banners, actually I plan to put other models in, so trying to figure out how to put just one will be a great jumpstarter.
You got the error
include(Banner.php) [<a href='function.include'>function.include</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory
Because you used
$banner=Banner::model()->findAll($criteria);
If your model is Banners then you should use
$banner=Banners::model()->findAll($criteria);
don’t have an error anymore… my problem now is how to make it show up in the page… coz id doesn’t.
$banner gets a result of findAll() - http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/CActiveRecord#findAll-detail
so for example if you have a property name in banners you can use:
foreach($banner as $ban)
echo $ban->name;
problem solved! i just created a widget so i can use it anywhere! thanks a lot!