I’m using two models in a single form, say ‘company’ and ‘branches’. ‘branches’'s fields are hidden. They are shown only when a checkbox field of ‘company’ is checked. But since both models are in the same form, ajax validation affects them both. I’m searching for a way to validate the second model (ie, ‘branches’) according to the value of the checkbox of ‘company’.
I have not tested below code, but I think it should work somehow like this.
You can write your own ajax-validation action in Controller.
In your form:
$form = ActiveForm::begin([
'id' => 'myFormId',
// enable ajax validation
'enableAjaxValidation' => true,
// define the action for ajax-validation with "controllername/actionName"
'validationUrl' => ['myController/ajax-validation'],
// clientSide validation can give different result than your custom ajax-validation action
// so better disable clientSide OR learn how to modify the clientSide validation like the ajax one.
'enableClientValidation'=> false,
]);
Now you can do in your controller for example:
(just example code for understanding)
public function actionAjaxValidation(){
$request = Yii::$app->request;
$response = Yii::$app->response;
// populate modelA
$modelA = new ModelA;
$modelA->load($request->post());
// check if your wanted value is set
if($modelA->checkBoxField == 1){
// now populate modelB
$modelB = new ModelB;
$modelB->load($request->post());
// validate both and return result
$response->format = Response::FORMAT_JSON;
return ArrayHelper::merge(
ActiveForm::validate($modelA),
ActiveForm::validate($modelB),
);
}
// since $modelA->checkBoxField has not your required value:
// validate and return only $modelA
else{
$response->format = Response::FORMAT_JSON;
return ActiveForm::validate($modelA);
}
}
Hope this helps.
@ALL - if this is total bullshit, please correct me and show better way.
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