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By Example: CHtml

Created 15 years ago by jonah, updated 9 years ago by glicious.

"By Example" cookbook pages will provide coding examples for many of the commonly used classes within Yii. We will try to provide as many usage examples as possible for keep these pages as helpful as possible.

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Reference: Model rules validation

Created 15 years ago by krillzip, updated 11 years ago by Rodrigo.

This is a reference to be used for Model rule validation and is compiled from the Yii documentation and code. The purpose is to have all the information gathered in one place instead of scattered. This reference is not an intro. See The Definitive Guide to Yii, Declaring Validation Rules for a tutorial.

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How to upload a file using a model

Created 16 years ago by qiang, updated 10 years ago by samdark.

First declare an attribute to store the file name in the model class (either a form model or an active record model). Also declare a file validation rule for this attribute to ensure a file is uploaded with specific extension name.

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How-To: Create a REST API

Created 14 years ago by jwerner, updated 10 years ago by Rohit Suthar.

This article will explain how to create a REST API with the Yii framework.

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Yii for beginners

Created 13 years ago by rackycz, updated 5 years ago by rackycz.

Hi. This is first article with my Yii v1 tutorial. I had to split it into 2 articles as there's limited length of texts on Wiki. So once you understand basics, you can read the 2nd article here: Yii for beginners 2.

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Creating a dependent dropdown

Created 16 years ago by dalip, updated 10 years ago by Paul_Kish.

Often you'll need a form with two dropdowns, and one dropdown's values will be dependent on the value of the other dropdown. Using Yii's built-in AJAX functionality you can create such a dropdown.

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How to work with flash messages

Created 16 years ago by pfth, updated 13 years ago by François Gannaz.

Set your messages in a controller:

Yii::app()->user->setFlash('success', "Data1 saved!");
Yii::app()->user->setFlash('error', "Data2 failed!");
Yii::app()->user->setFlash('notice', "Data3 ignored.");
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Update content in AJAX with renderPartial

Created 15 years ago by Burzum, updated 12 years ago by hairylunch.

The easiest way to update content in AJAX is to use the renderPartial method.

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Version: 1.1
Category: Tutorials
Tags: AJAX

How to use a single form to collect data for two or more models?

Created 16 years ago by qiang, updated 13 years ago by Yang He.

Assume we want to use a single HTML form to collect input for both model A and model B, and we want to display input errors (if any) in the same error summary box. We can define the following action code:

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Using CButtonColumn to customize buttons in CGridView

Created 14 years ago by Trejder, updated 12 years ago by Gismo.

The easiest way to customize look and behaviour of them is to use series of CButtonColumn properties, like: updateButtonImageUrl (path to image for update button), updateButtonLabel (label for the update button; not HTML-encoded), updateButtonOptions (HTML options for this button, used in the way as many htmlOptions property for many widgets) and updateButtonUrl (a PHP expresion th...

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Displaying, Sorting and Filtering Model Relations on a GridView

Created 11 years ago by Antonio Ramirez, updated 11 years ago by Antonio Ramirez.

One of the things you will find tricky to implement is the the sorting and filtering of a GridView's column that displays related model data.

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Version: 2.0
Category: How-tos

Url: hide index.php

Created 14 years ago by Hermans, updated 14 years ago by Hermans.

Maybe it looks simple, but some time ago I need some time to find a solution of this case. I finally got it, and I want to share that I also experienced such cases. So that it can make reference.

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How to write secure Yii1 applications

Created 13 years ago by François Gannaz, updated 4 years ago by François Gannaz.
  • Validate the user input (see below for details).
  • Protect (escape) your application output according to context (see below for a few output types, mostly HTML and SQL).
  • Test your application in debug mode.
    Set the constant YII_DEBUG to true (by default, it is defined in index.php) and put alongside error_reporting(E_ALL);. Then errors and warnings will stop the execution an...
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Creating a Simple CRUD App With Yii2 (Revised 12/20/2013)

Created 12 years ago by Charles R. Portwood II, updated 11 years ago by Vivek.

By popular demand, today I will be revisiting my previous Yii Framework 2 Getting Started Guide and updating it with what is currently available in the Yii Framework 2 Repository. Provide here is an super simple example CRUD application that will help you get started using the framework.

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Multiple files uploader with CMultiFileUpload

Created 11 years ago by Interboy, updated 6 years ago by samdark.

Today I will show you how to handle multiple file upload step by step.

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Create your own Validation Rule

Created 14 years ago by nickcv, updated 12 years ago by Gismo.

Some times the core validation rules provided by Yii won't satisfy all your needs, so you'll need to create your very own validation rule.

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Searching and sorting by related model in CGridView

Created 13 years ago by Maciej Liżewski, updated 11 years ago by Kostas Apazidis (KonApaz).

Lets say we have two models and relation between them:

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Filter & Sort by calculated/related fields in GridView Yii 2.0

Created 11 years ago by Kartik V, updated 6 years ago by softark.

This wiki explains how to add calculated fields into your Yii Framework 2.0 gridview with filtering and sorting.

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Show raw SQL query

Created 8 years ago by darioo, updated 8 years ago by darioo.

Here's a quick tip to dump the SQL for query.

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Version: 2.0
Category: FAQs