1. Controller
2. Views

Here is a example on how to use Pjax with GridView (yii\grid\GridView) and ActiveForm (yii\widgets\ActiveForm) widgets in Yii2.

The example uses a db table "countries" with field id, name

Controller ¶

public function actionIndex()
{
        $model = new Countries();
		
        if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->save())
        {
            $model = new Countries(); //reset model
        }
		
        $searchModel = new CountriesSearch();
        $dataProvider = $searchModel->search(Yii::$app->request->queryParams);

        return $this->render('index', [
            'searchModel' => $searchModel,
            'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
            'model' => $model,
        ]);
}

Views ¶

index.php

<?php

use yii\helpers\Html;
use yii\grid\GridView;
use yii\widgets\Pjax;

/* @var $this yii\web\View */
/* @var $searchModel app\models\CountriesSearch */
/* @var $dataProvider yii\data\ActiveDataProvider */

$this->title = Yii::t('app', 'Countries');
$this->params['breadcrumbs'][] = $this->title;
?>
<div class="countries-index">

    <h1><?= Html::encode($this->title) ?></h1>
    <?php // echo $this->render('_search', ['model' => $searchModel]); ?>

    <p>
        <?= Html::a(Yii::t('app', 'Create {modelClass}', [
    'modelClass' => 'Countries',
]), ['create'], ['class' => 'btn btn-success']) ?>
    </p>

<!-- Render create form -->    
    <?= $this->render('_form', [
        'model' => $model,
    ]) ?>
    
    
<?php Pjax::begin(['id' => 'countries']) ?>
    <?= GridView::widget([
        'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
        'filterModel' => $searchModel,
        'columns' => [
            ['class' => 'yii\grid\SerialColumn'],
            'id',
            'name',
            ['class' => 'yii\grid\ActionColumn'],
        ],
    ]); ?>
<?php Pjax::end() ?>
</div>

_form.php

<?php

use yii\helpers\Html;
use yii\widgets\ActiveForm;

/* @var $this yii\web\View */
/* @var $model app\models\Countries */
/* @var $form yii\widgets\ActiveForm */
?>

<?php

$this->registerJs(
   '$("document").ready(function(){ 
		$("#new_country").on("pjax:end", function() {
			$.pjax.reload({container:"#countries"});  //Reload GridView
		});
    });'
);
?>

<div class="countries-form">

<?php yii\widgets\Pjax::begin(['id' => 'new_country']) ?>
<?php $form = ActiveForm::begin(['options' => ['data-pjax' => true ]]); ?>

    <?= $form->field($model, 'name')->textInput(['maxlength' => 200]) ?>


    <div class="form-group">
        <?= Html::submitButton($model->isNewRecord ? Yii::t('app', 'Create') : Yii::t('app', 'Update'), ['class' => $model->isNewRecord ? 'btn btn-success' : 'btn btn-primary']) ?>
    </div>

<?php ActiveForm::end(); ?>
<?php yii\widgets\Pjax::end() ?>
</div>