1. Requirements
2. Installation
3. Usage

The JZDataColumn is the extantion of DataColumn class used in GridView. Allowing user to edit data of string type directly in column.

Requirements ¶

Yii 2.0 or above.

Installation ¶

1. Create folder "jz" in "vendor" in your project.
2. Place JZDataColumn.php in "jz" folder.
3. Place jzdatacolumn.js in you JavaScript folder.
4. Place jzdatacolumn.css in your CSS folder.
5. Make necessary changes to AppAsset.php.

Usage ¶

In GridView:

Pjax::begin(['id' => 'pjax_id_1', 'options'=> ['class'=>'pjax', 'loader'=>'loader_id_1', 'neverTimeout'=>true]]);
    echo GridView::widget([
    	'dataProvider' => $dp,
        'filterModel' => $model,
        'options'=>['class'=>'grid-view','id'=>'grid_id_1'],
        'summaryOptions'=>['style'=>'text-align:right;'],
        'columns' => [
            [
        	'class' => 'vendor\jz\JZDataColumn',
                'attribute' => 'tbl_attribute',
                'editable' => true,
                'editUrl' => Url::to(['controller/jzdatacolumn']),
               	'emptyLabel' => 'Click me to add',
                'loaderPath' => Yii::getAlias('@cssImg').'/img_loader.gif',
                'headerOptions' => ['style'=>'text-align:center;'],
            ],
        ],
    ]); 
Pjax::end();

In controller:

public function actionJzDataColumn(){
    if(isset($_GET['data'])){
    	$json=json_decode($_GET['data']);
        if(isset($json->id) && isset($json->attribute) && isset($json->value)){
            $model=YourClass::find()->where(['id'=>$json->id])->one();
            if(isset($model)){
                $attribute=$json->attribute;
                $model->$attribute=trim($json->value);//variable variable used!!!
                if($model->save()){return json_encode(['msg'=>1,'val'=>$model->$attribute]);
                } else {return json_encode(['msg'=>0,'val'=>$model->firstErrors[$attribute]]);}
            } else {return json_encode(['msg'=>0,'val'=>'No model found.']);}
        } else {return json_encode(['msg'=>0,'val'=>'No correct dataset provided.']);}
    } else {return json_encode(['msg'=>0,'val'=>'No data provided.']);}
}