[JamesBarnsley]

When creating new records with Yii, Yii is putting the DB default values for those fields into the form fields.

How can I override this?

[Anthony Gough]

One method would be to use the afterFind() method of CActiverecord to replace the default database values

[JamesBarnsley]

Anthony Gough, on 10 December 2012 - 05:12 PM, said:

One method would be to use the afterFind() method of CActiverecord to replace the default database values

Hi,

Yes I tried that but it does not replace them, at least it does not on create anyway.

James.

[Keith]

Try overriding afterConstruct().

The constructor is where the defaults are set:

public function __construct($scenario='insert') 
{ 
    if($scenario===null) // internally used by populateRecord() and model() 
        return; 

    $this->setScenario($scenario); 
    $this->setIsNewRecord(true); 
    $this->_attributes=$this->getMetaData()->attributeDefaults;

    $this->init(); 

    $this->attachBehaviors($this->behaviors()); 
    $this->afterConstruct(); 
}

[KonApaz]

just insert in your model class

public $field1 = 'value1';
public $field2 = 'value2';
public $field3 = 'value3';

It works in my project