MVC primer and 5 minute form walkthrough

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Simple 5 minute form walkthrough tutorial

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Go to the Model Generator and enter the information as required. Now go ahead and generate the code.

Note, if Gii is unable to create the model it might be because your webserver process does not have the necessary permissions to write to the models folder.

It's worth noting here that you might want to modify the attributeLabels() method in your model.  Otherwise, when you come to create your form it will use the defaults listed here which are simply the tidied-up names of your database fields.
 
 
### **Step 3: Create a controller**
Now we have a model we need to create a controller. You can think of a controller as mediating between a model and a view.
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- Your controller is using protected/views/layouts/column2.php to render your view (protected/views/your_controller/index.php)

### **Step 4: Create the forma view**
Return to Gii and click on the 'Form Generator' link.
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### **Step 5: Viewing the form**
Instead of rendering index.php, we might just want to view the form directly. Edit the following method in your DetailsController:

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* Lists all models.
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