I am pretty sure there is a generator to create the configuration for a CFormModel but I cannot find it…
So after a lot of search, could you please share the link?
Thanks! 
I am pretty sure there is a generator to create the configuration for a CFormModel but I cannot find it…
So after a lot of search, could you please share the link?
Thanks!
You can enable gii in the config file (protected/config/main.php)
After that you can use gii to generate a from based on a Model.
for example http://www.website.ext/index.php/gii works for me to start gii.
No I do not mean the default gii generator
I mean a generator for form builder. Something like that:
<?php
/**
* @return \CForm
*/
public function getForm($formClass='CForm') {
$config = $this->getFormConfig();
return new $formClass($config, $this); //all subforms get as parent their model
}
public function getFormConfig() {
$modelName = get_class();
return array(
//'title' => '..............',
'showErrorSummary' => true,
/*'elements' => array(
get_class() => $this->getFormElements(),
),*/
'elements' => $this->getFormElements(),
'buttons' => array(
'submit_'.lcfirst($modelName) => array(
'type' => 'submit',
'label' => 'Submit '.$modelName,
),
),/*
'attributes' => array(
'enctype' => 'multipart/form-data', //ALWAYS REMEMBER TO DEFINE THIS WHEN HANDLING FILES
),*/
);
}
/**
* @return array configuration to be used inside the configuration of a complex (nested) CForm model
*/
public function getFormElements() {
//d(array_values($this->allNames()));
return array(
'name' => array(
'type' => 'zii.widgets.jui.CJuiAutoComplete',
//'hint' => $this->hint,
'attributes' => array(
'id' => md5(microtime()*rand()),
'source' => array_values( $this->retrieveColumn('name') ),
'options' => array( //options reference: http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/
'minLength' => 1,
'delay' => 200,
),
),
),
'value' => array(
'type' => 'text',
),
/*'activity_id' => array(
'type' => 'hidden',
),*/
);
}
?>
I would like to get the elements, the buttons etc. in the above array format.
Unless there is a certain gii configuration that I am missing … 
Anyway thanks for the reply though
I don’t think there is, but it would be a great extension. I was just thinking of it this morning, and it shouldn’t be complicated to write. TIme-consuming, I am sure, but not complicated.