Select models widget for Yii2 ¶

1. Installation
2. Usage

Find and select models in select2 input.

Installation ¶

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

Either run

php composer.phar require --prefer-dist matthew-p/yii2-models-select "*"

or add

"matthew-p/yii2-models-select": "*"

to the require section of your composer.json file.

Usage ¶

Once the extension is installed, simply use it in your code by:

$form->field($model, 'attribute')->widget(MPModelSelect::class, [
    'searchModel'     => YouActiveRecordModel::class,
    'valueField'      => 'id',
    'titleField'      => 'title',
    'searchFields'    => [
        // convert to orWhere 'id' => query-string and etc.
        'id', 'title', 
        // add related input (will be added to data request and conver to ->andWhere 'category_id' => request value)
        'category_id' => new JsExpression('$("#category-id").val()'),
        // more examples see MPModelSelect::searchFields
    ],
    'dropdownOptions' => [
        'options'       => [
            'placeholder' => Yii::t('app', 'Select models ...'),
            'multiple'    => true,
        ],
        'pluginOptions' => [
            'minimumInputLength' => 1,
        ],
    ],
])

Add action in controller: `php class SampleController extends Controller { ...

public function actions(): array
{
    return array_merge(parent::actions(), [
        'model-search' => [
            'class' => MPModelSelectAction::class,
        ],
    ]);
}

... } `

Define encryption key in params.php: ` 'MPModelSelect' => [

'encryptionKey' => 'RandomKey',

], `

That's all. Check it.