Sum Value From Yii Drop Down List With Multi Select

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Dear forum fellows,

I have a multi select drop down list like this:




<div class="row">

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

            

	<?php 

        	$items = array('1'=>'add','2'=>'edit','4'=>'delete');

                $options = array('multiple' => 'multiple', 'data-rel'=>'chosen');

                echo $form->dropDownList($model,'user_mgmt', $items, $options); 

        ?>


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

</div>

and in my model I have a user_mgmt field which store a single integer (e.g. 1 means able to add user, 5 means add+delete, etc.). Problem is when the form is submit, the value will looks like this: 1,2,4 or 2,4 etc. How can I solve this problem? Can jquery do it? Thank you!

2

There are many ways of solving this. One way is to summarize the values in the controller after the values has been populated in the model with $model->attribute = $_POST[‘Modelname’];




// the attribute is an array, and here we summarize the values

$model->user_mgmt = array_sum($model->user_mgmt);


// alternative method:

$model->user_mgmt = array_sum($_POST['Modelname']['user_mgmt']);
3

Thank you, Paul. It works with the alternative method!