Retrieving Other Attributes Of Model In Dropdown List With Chtml::listdata

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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Hi all,

I am using in my form a dropdown list with CHtml::listData in the following way:-





<div class="row">

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

 <?php echo $form->dropDownList($model, 'des_res_id',

 CHtml::listData($data, 'id','ClientId'), array('empty'=>'None','id'=>'res')); ?>				

 <?php echo $form->error($model,'des_res_id'); ?><div  id='info' style="display: inline;"></div>

</div>

In the above code, I am using ‘id’ as the value and ‘ClientId’ as text for the dropDownList and $data is the list of model objects from which these values come. Once I select the value, I would like to display in the div (id=‘info’) some text which is actually another attribute (name) of the model object and this information is available in $data. I can write a function in the controller which can be called to display this info in the required div by using jquery and $("#info").html. But I guess there must be a shorter way of doing since this information is readily available in the list of model objects for the dropdownlist.

Can anyone tell me how to do it?

Thanks

2

Did you ever figure out how to do this? I am also attempting to do something similar, i.e. include an extra attribute in the option that would be available client side. I want to end up with options in a dropdown list whose markup looks something like this




...

<option value="12" extra="code">String</option>

...
3

This thread answered my question!

http://www.yiiframework.com/forum/index.php/topic/9693-cactiveform-dropdownlist-selectedselected/page__view__findpost__p__134776

4

Hi, did you still have the solution? I can’t found the thread from your link. Thanks

5

Try this link, CActiveForm->dropDownList selected="selected" - #8 by realitylord