Here’s a handy tip on how to pass variables to the custom code in Gridview for raw formatted rows. I’m embarrassed that I’d never seen this before. I’d never the used the syntax and never previously been able to find out how to do this. The key part is “function ($model) use ($custom_variable) {}” where […]
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Yii2 Active Record Hidden Active Form Field or How to Hide an Active Form Field
Here’s a small tip on how to create a hidden field in an active record form, within the model: <?php $form = ActiveForm::begin(); ?> <?= $form->field($model, ‘fullname’)->textInput([‘maxlength’ => true]) ?> /* Example of hiddenInput for an ActiveRecord Active $form->field */ <?= $form->field($model, ‘state’)->hiddenInput([‘value’=> $src->state])->label(false);?> <?= $form->field($model, ‘position_str’)->textInput([‘maxlength’ => true]) ?> <?php ActiveForm::end(); ?>
Build comma separated string with conjunction
Here’s a comma separated string function which uses the serial comma properly with a conjunction in a list. e.g. apple, berry, ice cream => apple, berry and ice cream. It’s essentially a natural language join: public static function natural_language_join(array $list, $conjunction = ‘and’) { $last = array_pop($list); if ($list) { return implode(‘, ‘, $list) . […]