Using array with CJuiAutoComplete

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hi

I’m using the CJuiAutoComplete in my site. As an example I have this code in my controller:




        public function actionNames()

        {

            $res=array(array('id' => 1, 'name' => 'Sam and Max'), array('id'=>2, 'name'=>"Full Throttle"));

            echo CJSON::encode($res);

            Yii::app()->end();

        }

And in my view I’ve got:




                    <?php $this->widget('zii.widgets.jui.CJuiAutoComplete', array(

                            'name'=>'game',

                            'sourceUrl'=>array('/game/names'),

                            'options'=>array(

                                'minLength'=>'2',

                            ),

                            'htmlOptions'=>array(

                                'style'=>'height:20px;'

                        ),

                    )); ?>

As you can see, the actionNames returns a array of arrays. The reason for this is I want to use ‘name’ to fill the auto complete list, and then ‘id’ to use with actionView($id) when I submit the search form. How can I accomplish this?

Write text in field (for example ‘sam’) -> actionNames returns array(‘id’ => 1, ‘name’ => ‘Sam and Max’) -> (from this point i need help) autocomplete field is filled with var[‘name’] -> form submit redirects to page/view/var[‘id’]

2

You should build the array a little different, like in this post. (note the keys: ‘label’, ‘value’, ‘id’)

/Tommy

3

Okay, but how can I access the ‘id’-key when submitting the form?

And also, do I have to build the form (action and method) myself, or is that included in CJuiAutoComplete?

4

If you want to have the controller supply the ‘sourceUrl’ (returned) content to CJuiAutoComplete you’ll need to create the controller action.

You can find a couple of other examples of CJuiAutoComplete usage in Yii Playground.

Also search the forum for more hints.

/Tommy