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Display a nice exception message on ajax requests

Created 12 years ago by Maurizio Domba Cerin, updated 12 years ago by Maurizio Domba Cerin.

in Yii versions previous to 1.1.9 exceptions was handled differently during ajax request and displayed by CApplication::displayException(). This way the exception message displayed on ajax requests could not be customized.
The message for the CGridView delete request with YII_DEBUG set to true l...

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A simple action for CJuiAutoComplete

Created 13 years ago by tydeas_dr, updated 12 years ago by Thiago Souza.

Simple as that. I have placed this action in my extension folder like:

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Version: 1.1
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Create Form With DynamicModel

Created 9 years ago by Misbahul D Munir, updated 9 years ago by Misbahul D Munir.

In yii2 we can create form without create FormModel. Here we go

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tips
Tags: form, model, yii2

How to change GridView delete confirmation message for specific controllers only?

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

Hello,
If you want to give extra attention for some specific delete actions and you don't want to override whole yii.confirm JS method here is what you can do:
(I've only put the ActionColumn part of the GridView here to just give you the idea)

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Using counters with ActiveRecord

Created 12 years ago by davi_alexandre, updated 9 years ago by marcovtwout.

Let's say, for example, that you are developing a blog or some kind of CMS and you want to track the number of times each post was viewed (maybe to show a list of the most viewed ones).

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Install specific Yii2 vendor extension & dependency without updating other packages.

Created 10 years ago by Kartik V, updated 10 years ago by Kartik V.

The tips here are for advanced usages of composer and its assumed you have read about using composer and have a knowledge of your vendor packages to be updated. Let's consider, you want to update only one specific yii2 vendor library, without updating all the other extension packages?

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tips

Adding a date range search for CGridView the easy way

Created 11 years ago by mikewalen, updated 10 years ago by mikewalen.
  1. Create an Active Record Behavior that builds the criteria for the search() method and attach it to your model
  2. Modify the search() method of the model to merge the behavior's criteria in with the rest of the searchable attributes
  3. Modify the _search form view to add the date range inputs
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Debuging variables in Yii2

Created 9 years ago by johonunu, updated 9 years ago by johonunu.

This tutorial is explained following "basic" application structure.

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Version: 2.0
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Custom column in TbGridView with icon by condition, find out icon class glyphicons easy (YiiBooster)

Created 10 years ago by Kostas Apazidis (KonApaz), updated 9 years ago by Rohit Suthar.
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Extending common classes to allow better customization

Created 13 years ago by Steve Friedl, updated 13 years ago by Steve Friedl.

The two most commonly-used base classes in most Yii applications are CController and CActiveRecord, each extended to your own particular models and controllers.

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Using CJuiDialog to edit rows in a CGridView

Created 12 years ago by Russell England, updated 12 years ago by Russell England.

I used Zaccarias excellent article as the base http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/145/cjuidialog-for-create-new-model/

Solution

First follow the wiki above to create all the required code. Then make the following modifications in your...

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How to call a default layout for every module and how to work <php echo $content; ?>

Created 10 years ago by Ankit Modi, updated 10 years ago by Ankit Modi.

Hi Friends, Hi Friends, Some common question is difficult to how to create the layout on yii and how to work

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Yii实战中8个必备常用的扩展,模块和

Created 13 years ago by Darwin Wen, updated 13 years ago by Darwin Wen.

在经过畅K网的实战后,总结一下在Yii的项目中会经常用到的组件和一些基本的使用方法,分享给大家,同时也给自己留个备忘录,下面我以代码加图片说明.

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Customize CGridView columns directly in your view

Created 11 years ago by clapas, updated 11 years ago by clapas.

You usually take a model instance passed into your view to provide data to a CGridView in this way:

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Yii2: Query build for complexity SQL

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

As for complexity SQL query we have two solutions as below, I will discuss #2 in this article.

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Debugging CActiveRecord failed save() attempts

Created 10 years ago by Boaz, updated 10 years ago by Boaz.

When you're filling up a form of a CActiveRecord (using CActiveForm for example), usually you'll construct your code so that in case of validation error you'll get back the form with the error displayed back to you, typically when CActiveForm.errorSummary() is used. This is how its done by Gii.

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Search method of a model for filters when using dates - unixtimestamp in database

Created 13 years ago by Mukke, updated 12 years ago by jwerner.

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.

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An easy way to use escopes and CActiveDataProvider

Created 13 years ago by Rafael Garcia, updated 13 years ago by Rafael Garcia.

Often used scopes to define criteria in our models. This is a very useful feature as it ensures that in any part of application applying the criteria defined by the scope when called it.

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Change buttons on our CGridView extending yii

Created 12 years ago by sensorario, updated 12 years ago by sensorario.

In this tip, I'll help you to change in few second buttons of your CGridView. I hope you like it =).

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Real Time Logging

Created 13 years ago by lucifurious, updated 13 years ago by lucifurious.

I've seen a lot of people asking about the logging facilities in Yii and thought I'd share a nice little class I wrote that provides near real-time logging.

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