From what I can tell, it appears that the $data object is not being populated in CGridViews for use in CGridColumns when the data provider for the CGridView is a CArrayDataProvider or CSqlDataProvider. To test, I made a simple example where I attempt to use the $data object in the cssClassExpression property of a CGridColumn.
I attempted to use three different data providers, all containing the same structure and data, like so:
// attempt 1
$dataProvider = new CActiveDataProvider('Vehicle');
// attempt 2
$dataProvider = new CSqlDataProvider('SELECT id, year FROM vehicle');
// attempt 3
$dataProvider = new CArrayDataProvider(array(array('id'=>1,'year'=>'1998'),array('id'=>2,'year'=>'1999')));
When I used the CActiveDataProvider the view rendered successfully and the expected class had been set on the table cell. However, when I tried with either the CArrayDataProvider or the CSqlDataProvider I get the error: "Error 500 Trying to get property of non-object".
Is this a bug, or is the $data object not supposed to be available when using CDataProviders other than the CActiveDataProvider? If this is the intended functionality, is there any way around this? I definitely need to be able to access the values from the current "row" for dynamic manipulation/styling of some data. Thanks!
Edit and Clarification: This applies to Yii 1.1.4.
After not getting any comments or replies on this issue, I finally posted it as a bug on the issue tracker. Qiang marked the bug as invalid with the response: "If you use array or sql provider, $data would be an array, instead of an object."
Ah! That makes sense! Too bad that wasn’t mentioned (or I didn’t figure it out) until after I had posted the bug. I tested it out and it worked like a charm. The new CGridView example would look like this:
I can’t see the diference to the code you posted above, can you explain the difference please and would appreciate if you could post a link to your comment.
Anyway i appreciate ANYHELP that shows me how to use CArrayDataprovider instead of CActiveDataProvider.
The difference is in how the $data variable is used within the CGridView instance (in the ‘cssClassExpression’ index of the columns array in this example). In the case where the dataProvider is a CActiveDataProvider, the $data variable is an object, and so members of that object are referenced with -> object notation, like $data->member. In the case where the dataProvider is a CArrayDataProvider or CSqlDataProvider, the $data variable is an array, so “members”, or indices, of the array are accessed with bracket notation, like $data[“member”]. Take a second look at the cssClassExpression index of the columns array in my two examples to see this in action.
