Yii Framework - Tips and Code Snippets

Compare Validator - Entered Value Should be Greater then a Given Limit.

2011-05-14T04:35:00.000-07:00

Compare Validator gives large number of Comparison options to create validation Rules in Model. Like here it validate entered value should be greater then the given limit i.e. $1 in this case. array('offerprice','compare','compareValue'=>'0.99', 'operator'=>'>', 'allowEmpty'=>false , 'message'=>'{attribute} must be at least $1'), The CCompareValidator uses operator and

How to Upload Multiple Files in Yii Forms

2011-05-14T01:05:00.000-07:00

Yii have very simple way to Upload Multiple Files with Jquery Interface. It include all three level integration Model , Controller and View. Step 1 : Model Add Rule for File Upload Validation . Here we only allow user to upload documents with the File Extention .doc, .docx, .pdf and .txt. The same you customize for Photo or Image Upload. array('attachments', 'file', 'types'=>'doc,docx,pdf,txt

How to call another View / Partial from a View File

2011-03-28T04:19:00.001-07:00

A template view file can open another template view in it, this view is called Partial. The underscore "_" use as prefix in the name of Template Partial File. $this->renderPartial( '/adminPanel/_myPartial', array( 'dataProvider'=>$dataProvider, 'pid'=>$model->id ) );

How to add Calender to a Form Text Field

2011-03-27T06:38:00.000-07:00

We have a Date Picker widget in Yii.

labelEx($model,'joinDate'); ?> widget('zii.widgets.jui.CJuiDatePicker', array( 'model'=>$model, 'attribute'=>'joinDate', //additional javascript options for the date picker plugin 'options'=>array( 'dateFormat'=>'yy-mm-dd', 'showAnim'=>'fold', 'datepickerOptions'=>array('changeMonth'=>true, 'changeYear'=>true

How to Customize dropDownList

2011-03-27T05:58:00.000-07:00

Add two database field in text of Select Box Here we are going to display a dropdown with customize text, the Html version of dropDownList : the Controller class code : $userlist = array(); foreach(

How to add Style Sheet in view file

2011-03-26T23:54:00.000-07:00

Yii have similar style like Html , i add my Style Sheet file in my CSS folder and then call it from my view file with this we can add specific CSS Flie in any view of Yii.

How to Register a JavaScript File.

2011-03-26T23:28:00.000-07:00

Yii Framework provides a class to handle Client Script , and we can register as many Java Script Files as we want in View File of any model. Custom Client Script file can be add with following two steps: Add your file in your project folder. like i place it in : my-Yii-site/assets/js/tabs.js Add this code in your View File :Yii::app()->clientScript->registerScriptFile(Yii::app()->baseUrl.'/