How i should work with models in generalization relationships. For example:
Model Person could be a Employee or Customer, each of them has some particular attributes, how would the form? A select box change de type of person and load the correct form for type selected?
Any tip?
Are you asking about the models or the forms?
I understand that you need
A Select to choose for example if the model $user->type could be E=Employee or C=Customer
after you select the value you load the form with the field of the relative model choosed
the point 1) i usually use Kartik Select2 like so
VIEW:
...
use kartik\widgets\Select2;
...
<?php
$form = ActiveForm::begin([
]);
echo $form->field($user, 'type')->widget(Select2::classname(), [
'id' => 'user_type',
'name' => 'user_type',
'data' => array('E'=>'Employee','C'=>'Customer'),
'options' => [
'placeholder' => 'Select User Type ...',
],
'pluginEvents' => [
"change" => "function() {
$.post( \"".Yii::$app->urlManager->createUrl('yourcontroller/youraction')."\", {usertype:$(this).val()}, function( data ) {
$( \".form2\" ).html( data );
});
}",
],
]);
?>
<div class="form2"></div>
the point 2) now you must create a controller something like so:
CONTROLLER yourcontroller
public function actionYouraction($usertype)
{
if ($usertype=="C") {
$model = new Customer();
$form = "_form_customer";
} else {
$model = new Employee();
$form = "_form_employee";
}
return $this->renderAjax($form, [
'model' => $model
]);
}
I hope this can help you.
The forms, Sandark.
It helped a lot, Federico. But don’t solved the problem…
For example, i have the modeling below:
A person could be a Customer or Employee, each have attributes in common with "person". How do work with this way?
I see that a person in the DB teorically could be a Customer AND/OR Employee or not?
Anyway, how do you imagine the form page?
[input name]
[input phone]
[choose Customer/Employee]
if customer [cnpj]
if employee [pf]
something similar?
Exactly, Federico!
Looking at your tables you can do in different ways.
As i suggest for me is the best method, beacuse if you learn this you can re-use many other times.
But, the difference of the choice of Employee or Customer, is only one column: cnpj or cpf to show.
So you can manage this directly with a jquery script.
You pass at your view both Customer and Employee model, of course Person model too. And you can do a form with
[input $person->name]
[input $person->phone]
[choose Customer/Employee] can be a select/radio button group. On change element run your jquery script that show or hide the next 2 input
if customer [cnpj] visible=true else false
if employee [pf] visible = true else false
and then you process all in the Controller/Action after the submit
Thanks, Federico. I will follow your tip