Search Models are a very elegant and powerful way to build an Active Data Provider. If you use them a lot, you'll quickly need to use scenarios, which will lead you to a very DRY Controller code.
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Expert's model generation with Gii
Efficient coding with Yii implies efficient use of the code generator. This article shares the personalised Gii templates that were built starting from the standard templates proposed by AweGen.
Search scenario (CGridView, etc.): avoid default values from database as search condition.
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.
Search a file size range in CGridView
- Create an Active Record Behavior that builds the criteria for the search() method and attach it to your model
- Modify the search() method of the model to merge the behavior's criteria in with the rest of the searchable attributes
Adding a date range search for CGridView the easy way
- Create an Active Record Behavior that builds the criteria for the search() method and attach it to your model
- Modify the search() method of the model to merge the behavior's criteria in with the rest of the searchable attributes
- Modify the _search form view to add the date range inputs
Search method of a model for filters when using dates - unixtimestamp in database
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.
Adding Yii Search to Your Browser Search Box
The official Yii project site now supports OpenSearch. This means you can customize your browser's search box to enable direct search of the content in yiiframework.com. For example, by entering a Yii class name in the browser's search box, the corresponding class API page will be shown in the browser.