Changing the way a CGridView is rendered from the configuration file, or through behaviors specified at the moment it is used, is handy to extend a CGridView without creating tons of different classes for it. I am surprised that this is not in the default implementation, so I made my default CGridView implementation.
Lately, i needed to deal with the following scenario: read from two databases (db1,db2), and write to a third database (db3).
This wiki shows about how to make a custom column or how to pass php-Yii-html code in CButtonColumn (as a button)
CGridview displays existent rows of the table (using DataProvider)
Clearing CGridView filters and sort orders from the web pages, is usefull for the end user. Yii does not seem to propose a standard method. Furthermore, this is especially usefull when filters are "remembered" in the user's session.
I ran into a problem and on irc we worked it out. Since there is a lack on information on filters in genral i thought i'd start sharing all my findings, might be usefull for other people.
A little hint of how to create a progress bar inside the column of the grid, using the 'bootstrap' extension.
Sometimes text inside a gridview column is just too long. That's why I figured out a way to make the column smaller while still providing the information.
Hi buddies !, This tutorial shows about how to add a custom button with your own icon for your CGridView of Yii framework
Let's take the example of the above article to display an email button next to a delete button:
Yii has a neat "trick" that will assign default values to new CActiveRecords. When performing a search() though, this is pretty annoying as they automatically apply as filter values.
some when you need to add checkbox in cgridview and change state of selected rows by additianal parameters. in view :
How to display status image on admin gridview.
<?php $this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
'dataProvider' => $dataprovider,
'id'=>'recipient_table',
'selectionChanged'=>'updateEditForm',
'columns' => array(
'rec_id',
'org.nachname',
'org.vorname',
'org_id',
array(
'class'=>'CButtonColumn',
'template'=>'{...
This will call the controller function using AJAX instead of redirecting the user to the url using GET parameters.
Lets say we have such a CGridView widget showing a list of users for administrator. Users have status „active“ or „disabled“. Grid widget puts class „odd“ or „even“ to rows and we want to preserve this. So we want to add a class „disabled“ to rows with disabled users.
<?php
$this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
'id'=>'user-grid',
'dat...
The CGridView widget is very useful and customizable, but sometimes you need a little more. One limit I found is to have only one row for headers; yes, you can write each column header in more than one row, but just inside the single cell. I was looking instead for the possibility to use more than one row, with different structure one from the others. This way **you can write columns grouping h...
Assume that you have teachers and students model.
Hi friends,