Modify Drop Down List

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

so I have this table :

CREATE TABLE KBCATEGORY (

CATEGORYID int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,

CATEGORYNAME varchar(100) NOT NULL,

ISPRIVATE tinyint(1) NOT NULL,

CATEGORYUPID int(11) NOT NULL,

CATORDER int(11) NOT NULL,

KBCOUNT int(11) NOT NULL,

PRIMARY KEY (CATEGORYID)

how to modify a dropdownlist, so it will show not only the CATEGORYNAME but also the KBCOUNT?

So, it will appears like : CATEGORYNAME (KBCOUNT) or for example, Knowledge Base (12)

thanks for helping

2

Try this way,

In controller, create an array


$values = array(

            0 => array('id' => "1", "name" => CATEGORYNAME . KBCOUNT),

            1 => array('id' => "2", "name" => CATEGORYNAME . KBCOUNT ),

        );

then in view,


echo CHtml::activeDropDownList($model, 'attr', CHtml::listData($values, 'id', 'name'));

you also can write a function in Model and use it as below,


echo CHtml::activeDropDownList($model, 'attr', CHtml::listData($model->functionName(), 'id', 'name'));

I havent tested the second way, so let me know if you get it work.

3

I would use virtual attribute in this case (though there may be some other solutions).

For example, in your model




public function getMyCusomName(){

 return $this->categoryname.' ('.$this->kbcount.')';

}

and then use this data in your activeDropDownList


CHtml::listData(Kbcategory::model()->findAll(), 'id', 'myCustomName');

Beauty :)

4

hi all, thanks for your answer. actually, I’ve done this before you people help me out :P

I modified my codes like yugene’s codes, and yes, it’s work ! :D

thank you very much anyway ;D

5

welcome ;)