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ActiveForm extends ActiveForm
in package

Application

A Bootstrap 3 enhanced version of [[\yii\widgets\ActiveForm]].

This class mainly adds the [[layout]] property to choose a Bootstrap 3 form layout. So for example to render a horizontal form you would:

use yii\bootstrap\ActiveForm;

$form = ActiveForm::begin(['layout' => 'horizontal'])

This will set default values for the [[ActiveField]] to render horizontal form fields. In particular the [[ActiveField::template|template]] is set to {label} {beginWrapper} {input} {error} {endWrapper} {hint} and the [[ActiveField::horizontalCssClasses|horizontalCssClasses]] are set to:

[
    'offset' => 'col-sm-offset-3',
    'label' => 'col-sm-3',
    'wrapper' => 'col-sm-6',
    'error' => '',
    'hint' => 'col-sm-3',
]

To get a different column layout in horizontal mode you can modify those options through [[fieldConfig]]:

$form = ActiveForm::begin([
    'layout' => 'horizontal',
    'fieldConfig' => [
        'template' => "{label}\n{beginWrapper}\n{input}\n{hint}\n{error}\n{endWrapper}",
        'horizontalCssClasses' => [
            'label' => 'col-sm-4',
            'offset' => 'col-sm-offset-4',
            'wrapper' => 'col-sm-8',
            'error' => '',
            'hint' => '',
        ],
    ],
]);

Constants

EVENT_AFTER_RUN = 'afterRun'
EVENT_BEFORE_RUN = 'beforeRun'
EVENT_INIT = 'init'
VALIDATION_STATE_ON_CONTAINER = 'container': Add validation state class to container tag
VALIDATION_STATE_ON_INPUT = 'input': Add validation state class to input tag

Properties

$action : array<string|int, mixed>|string
$ajaxDataType : string
$ajaxParam : string
$autoIdPrefix : string
$behaviors : array<string|int, Behavior>
$enableAjaxValidation : bool
$enableClientScript : bool
$enableClientValidation : bool
$encodeErrorSummary : bool
$errorCssClass : string
$errorSummaryCssClass : string
$fieldClass : string
$fieldConfig : array<string|int, mixed>|Closure
$id : string|null
$layout : string
$method : string
$options : array<string|int, mixed>
$requiredCssClass : string
$scrollToError : bool
$scrollToErrorOffset : int
$successCssClass : string
$validateOnBlur : bool
$validateOnChange : bool
$validateOnSubmit : bool
$validateOnType : bool
$validatingCssClass : string
$validationDelay : int
$validationStateOn : string
$validationUrl : array<string|int, mixed>|string|null
$view : View
$viewPath : string
$_behaviors : array<string|int, Behavior>|null
$_events : array<string|int, mixed>
$_eventWildcards : array<string|int, mixed>
$_fields : array<string|int, ActiveField>
$_id : mixed
$_view : mixed

Methods

__call() : mixed: Calls the named method which is not a class method.
__clone() : mixed: This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one.
__construct() : mixed: Constructor.
__get() : mixed: Returns the value of a component property.
__isset() : bool: Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.
__set() : mixed: Sets the value of a component property.
__unset() : mixed: Sets a component property to be null.
afterRun() : mixed: This method is invoked right after a widget is executed.
attachBehavior() : Behavior: Attaches a behavior to this component.
attachBehaviors() : mixed: Attaches a list of behaviors to the component.
beforeRun() : bool: This method is invoked right before the widget is executed.
begin() : static: Begins a widget.
beginField() : string: Begins a form field.
behaviors() : array<string|int, mixed>: Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.
canGetProperty() : bool: Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.
canSetProperty() : bool: Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.
className() : string: Returns the fully qualified name of this class.
detachBehavior() : Behavior|null: Detaches a behavior from the component.
detachBehaviors() : mixed: Detaches all behaviors from the component.
end() : static: Ends a widget.
endField() : string: Ends a form field.
ensureBehaviors() : mixed: Makes sure that the behaviors declared in [[behaviors()]] are attached to this component.
errorSummary() : string: Generates a summary of the validation errors.
field() : ActiveField: Generates a form field.
getBehavior() : Behavior|null: Returns the named behavior object.
getBehaviors() : array<string|int, Behavior>: Returns all behaviors attached to this component.
getId() : string|null: Returns the ID of the widget.
getView() : View: Returns the view object that can be used to render views or view files.
getViewPath() : string: Returns the directory containing the view files for this widget.
hasEventHandlers() : bool: Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event.
hasMethod() : bool: Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.
hasProperty() : bool: Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined for this component.
init() : mixed: Initializes the widget.
off() : bool: Detaches an existing event handler from this component.
on() : mixed: Attaches an event handler to an event.
registerClientScript() : mixed: This registers the necessary JavaScript code.
render() : string: Renders a view.
renderFile() : string: Renders a view file.
run() : string|void: Runs the widget.
setId() : mixed: Sets the ID of the widget.
setView() : mixed: Sets the view object to be used by this widget.
trigger() : mixed: Triggers an event.
validate() : array<string|int, mixed>: Validates one or several models and returns an error message array indexed by the attribute IDs.
validateMultiple() : array<string|int, mixed>: Validates an array of model instances and returns an error message array indexed by the attribute IDs.
widget() : string: Creates a widget instance and runs it.
getClientOptions() : array<string|int, mixed>: Returns the options for the form JS widget.
attachBehaviorInternal() : Behavior: Attaches a behavior to this component.

EVENT_AFTER_RUN


    public
        mixed
    EVENT_AFTER_RUN
    = 'afterRun'

EVENT_BEFORE_RUN


    public
        mixed
    EVENT_BEFORE_RUN
    = 'beforeRun'

EVENT_INIT


    public
        mixed
    EVENT_INIT
    = 'init'

VALIDATION_STATE_ON_CONTAINER

Add validation state class to container tag


    public
        mixed
    VALIDATION_STATE_ON_CONTAINER
    = 'container'

VALIDATION_STATE_ON_INPUT

Add validation state class to input tag


    public
        mixed
    VALIDATION_STATE_ON_INPUT
    = 'input'

$action


    public
        array<string|int, mixed>|string
    $action
     = ''

the form action URL. This parameter will be processed by [[\yii\helpers\Url::to()]].

$ajaxDataType


    public
        string
    $ajaxDataType
     = 'json'

the type of data that you're expecting back from the server.

$ajaxParam


    public
        string
    $ajaxParam
     = 'ajax'

the name of the GET parameter indicating the validation request is an AJAX request.

$autoIdPrefix


    public
    static    string
    $autoIdPrefix
     = 'w'

the prefix to the automatically generated widget IDs.

$behaviors read-only


    public
        array<string|int, Behavior>
    $behaviors

List of behaviors attached to this component.

$enableAjaxValidation


    public
        bool
    $enableAjaxValidation
     = false

whether to enable AJAX-based data validation. If [[ActiveField::enableAjaxValidation]] is set, its value will take precedence for that input field.

$enableClientScript


    public
        bool
    $enableClientScript
     = true

whether to hook up yii.activeForm JavaScript plugin. This property must be set true if you want to support client validation and/or AJAX validation, or if you want to take advantage of the yii.activeForm plugin. When this is false, the form will not generate any JavaScript.

$enableClientValidation


    public
        bool
    $enableClientValidation
     = true

whether to enable client-side data validation. If [[ActiveField::enableClientValidation]] is set, its value will take precedence for that input field.

$encodeErrorSummary


    public
        bool
    $encodeErrorSummary
     = true

whether to perform encoding on the error summary.

$errorCssClass


    public
        string
    $errorCssClass
     = 'has-error'

the CSS class that is added to a field container when the associated attribute has validation error.

$errorSummaryCssClass


    public
        string
    $errorSummaryCssClass
     = 'error-summary'

the default CSS class for the error summary container.

$fieldClass


    public
        string
    $fieldClass
     = 'yii\bootstrap\ActiveField'

the default field class name when calling [[field()]] to create a new field.

$fieldConfig


    public
        array<string|int, mixed>|Closure
    $fieldConfig
     = []

the default configuration used by [[field()]] when creating a new field object. This can be either a configuration array or an anonymous function returning a configuration array. If the latter, the signature should be as follows:

function ($model, $attribute)

The value of this property will be merged recursively with the $options parameter passed to [[field()]].

$id


    public
        string|null
    $id

ID of the widget. Note that the type of this property differs in getter and setter. See [[getId()]] and [[setId()]] for details.

$layout


    public
        string
    $layout
     = 'default'

the form layout. Either 'default', 'horizontal' or 'inline'. By choosing a layout, an appropriate default field configuration is applied. This will render the form fields with slightly different markup for each layout. You can override these defaults through [[fieldConfig]].

$method


    public
        string
    $method
     = 'post'

the form submission method. This should be either post or get. Defaults to post.

When you set this to get you may see the url parameters repeated on each request. This is because the default value of [[action]] is set to be the current request url and each submit will add new parameters instead of replacing existing ones. You may set [[action]] explicitly to avoid this:

$form = ActiveForm::begin([
    'method' => 'get',
    'action' => ['controller/action'],
]);

$options


    public
        array<string|int, mixed>
    $options
     = []

HTML attributes for the form tag. Default is [].

$requiredCssClass


    public
        string
    $requiredCssClass
     = 'required'

the CSS class that is added to a field container when the associated attribute is required.

$scrollToError


    public
        bool
    $scrollToError
     = true

whether to scroll to the first error after validation.

$scrollToErrorOffset


    public
        int
    $scrollToErrorOffset
     = 0

offset in pixels that should be added when scrolling to the first error.

$successCssClass


    public
        string
    $successCssClass
     = 'has-success'

the CSS class that is added to a field container when the associated attribute is successfully validated.

$validateOnBlur


    public
        bool
    $validateOnBlur
     = true

whether to perform validation when an input field loses focus. If [[ActiveField::$validateOnBlur]] is set, its value will take precedence for that input field.

$validateOnChange


    public
        bool
    $validateOnChange
     = true

whether to perform validation when the value of an input field is changed. If [[ActiveField::validateOnChange]] is set, its value will take precedence for that input field.

$validateOnSubmit


    public
        bool
    $validateOnSubmit
     = true

whether to perform validation when the form is submitted.

$validateOnType


    public
        bool
    $validateOnType
     = false

whether to perform validation while the user is typing in an input field. If [[ActiveField::validateOnType]] is set, its value will take precedence for that input field.

$validatingCssClass


    public
        string
    $validatingCssClass
     = 'validating'

the CSS class that is added to a field container when the associated attribute is being validated.

$validationDelay


    public
        int
    $validationDelay
     = 500

number of milliseconds that the validation should be delayed when the user types in the field and [[validateOnType]] is set true. If [[ActiveField::validationDelay]] is set, its value will take precedence for that input field.

$validationStateOn


    public
        string
    $validationStateOn
     = self::VALIDATION_STATE_ON_CONTAINER

where to render validation state class Could be either "container" or "input". Default is "container".

$validationUrl


    public
        array<string|int, mixed>|string|null
    $validationUrl

the URL for performing AJAX-based validation. This property will be processed by [[Url::to()]]. Please refer to [[Url::to()]] for more details on how to configure this property. If this property is not set, it will take the value of the form's action attribute.

$view


    public
        View
    $view

The view object that can be used to render views or view files. Note that the type of this property differs in getter and setter. See [[getView()]] and [[setView()]] for details.

$viewPath read-only


    public
        string
    $viewPath

The directory containing the view files for this widget.

$_behaviors


    private
        array<string|int, Behavior>|null
    $_behaviors

the attached behaviors (behavior name => behavior). This is null when not initialized.

$_events


    private
        array<string|int, mixed>
    $_events
     = []

the attached event handlers (event name => handlers)

$_eventWildcards


    private
        array<string|int, mixed>
    $_eventWildcards
     = []

the event handlers attached for wildcard patterns (event name wildcard => handlers)

$_fields


    private
        array<string|int, ActiveField>
    $_fields
     = []

the ActiveField objects that are currently active

$_id


    private
        mixed
    $_id

$_view


    private
        mixed
    $_view

__call()

Calls the named method which is not a class method.


    public
                    __call(string $name, array<string|int, mixed> $params) : mixed

This method will check if any attached behavior has the named method and will execute it if available.

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when an unknown method is being invoked.

Parameters

$name : string: the method name
$params : array<string|int, mixed>: method parameters

Return values

mixed —

the method return value

__clone()

This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one.


    public
                    __clone() : mixed

It removes all behaviors because they are attached to the old object.

__construct()

Constructor.


    public
                    __construct([array<string|int, mixed> $config = [] ]) : mixed

The default implementation does two things:

Initializes the object with the given configuration $config.
Call [[init()]].

If this method is overridden in a child class, it is recommended that

the last parameter of the constructor is a configuration array, like $config here.
call the parent implementation at the end of the constructor.

Parameters

$config : array<string|int, mixed> = []: name-value pairs that will be used to initialize the object properties

__get()

Returns the value of a component property.


    public
                    __get(string $name) : mixed

This method will check in the following order and act accordingly:

a property defined by a getter: return the getter result
a property of a behavior: return the behavior property value

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when executing $value = $component->property;.

Parameters

$name : string: the property name

Return values

mixed —

the property value or the value of a behavior's property

__isset()

Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.


    public
                    __isset(string $name) : bool

This method will check in the following order and act accordingly:

a property defined by a setter: return whether the property is set
a property of a behavior: return whether the property is set
return false for non existing properties

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when executing isset($component->property).

Parameters

$name : string: the property name or the event name

Return values

bool —

whether the named property is set

__set()

Sets the value of a component property.


    public
                    __set(string $name, mixed $value) : mixed

This method will check in the following order and act accordingly:

a property defined by a setter: set the property value
an event in the format of "on xyz": attach the handler to the event "xyz"
a behavior in the format of "as xyz": attach the behavior named as "xyz"
a property of a behavior: set the behavior property value

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when executing $component->property = $value;.

Parameters

$name : string: the property name or the event name
$value : mixed: the property value

__unset()

Sets a component property to be null.


    public
                    __unset(string $name) : mixed

This method will check in the following order and act accordingly:

a property defined by a setter: set the property value to be null
a property of a behavior: set the property value to be null

Do not call this method directly as it is a PHP magic method that will be implicitly called when executing unset($component->property).

Parameters

$name : string: the property name

afterRun()

This method is invoked right after a widget is executed.


    public
                    afterRun(mixed $result) : mixed

The method will trigger the [[EVENT_AFTER_RUN]] event. The return value of the method will be used as the widget return value.

If you override this method, your code should look like the following:

public function afterRun($result)
{
    $result = parent::afterRun($result);
    // your custom code here
    return $result;
}

Parameters

$result : mixed: the widget return result.

Return values

mixed —

the processed widget result.

attachBehavior()

Attaches a behavior to this component.


    public
                    attachBehavior(string $name, string|array<string|int, mixed>|Behavior $behavior) : Behavior

This method will create the behavior object based on the given configuration. After that, the behavior object will be attached to this component by calling the [[Behavior::attach()]] method.

Parameters

$name : string

the name of the behavior.

$behavior : string|array<string|int, mixed>|Behavior

the behavior configuration. This can be one of the following:

a [[Behavior]] object
a string specifying the behavior class
an object configuration array that will be passed to [[Yii::createObject()]] to create the behavior object.

Return values

Behavior —

the behavior object

attachBehaviors()

Attaches a list of behaviors to the component.


    public
                    attachBehaviors(array<string|int, mixed> $behaviors) : mixed

Each behavior is indexed by its name and should be a [[Behavior]] object, a string specifying the behavior class, or an configuration array for creating the behavior.

Parameters

$behaviors : array<string|int, mixed>: list of behaviors to be attached to the component

beforeRun()

This method is invoked right before the widget is executed.


    public
                    beforeRun() : bool

The method will trigger the [[EVENT_BEFORE_RUN]] event. The return value of the method will determine whether the widget should continue to run.

When overriding this method, make sure you call the parent implementation like the following:

public function beforeRun()
{
    if (!parent::beforeRun()) {
        return false;
    }

    // your custom code here

    return true; // or false to not run the widget
}

Return values

bool —

whether the widget should continue to be executed.

begin()

Begins a widget.


    public
            static        begin([array<string|int, mixed> $config = [] ]) : static

This method creates an instance of the calling class. It will apply the configuration to the created instance. A matching [[end()]] call should be called later. As some widgets may use output buffering, the [[end()]] call should be made in the same view to avoid breaking the nesting of output buffers.

Parameters

$config : array<string|int, mixed> = []: name-value pairs that will be used to initialize the object properties

Return values

static —

the newly created widget instance

beginField()

Begins a form field.


    public
                    beginField(Model $model, string $attribute[, array<string|int, mixed> $options = [] ]) : string

This method will create a new form field and returns its opening tag. You should call [[endField()]] afterwards.

Parameters

$model : Model: the data model.
$attribute : string: the attribute name or expression. See [[Html::getAttributeName()]] for the format about attribute expression.
$options : array<string|int, mixed> = []: the additional configurations for the field object.

Return values

string —

the opening tag.

behaviors()

Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.


    public
                    behaviors() : array<string|int, mixed>

Child classes may override this method to specify the behaviors they want to behave as.

The return value of this method should be an array of behavior objects or configurations indexed by behavior names. A behavior configuration can be either a string specifying the behavior class or an array of the following structure:

'behaviorName' => [
    'class' => 'BehaviorClass',
    'property1' => 'value1',
    'property2' => 'value2',
]

Note that a behavior class must extend from [[Behavior]]. Behaviors can be attached using a name or anonymously. When a name is used as the array key, using this name, the behavior can later be retrieved using [[getBehavior()]] or be detached using [[detachBehavior()]]. Anonymous behaviors can not be retrieved or detached.

Behaviors declared in this method will be attached to the component automatically (on demand).

Return values

array<string|int, mixed> —

the behavior configurations.

canGetProperty()

Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.


    public
                    canGetProperty(string $name[, bool $checkVars = true ][, bool $checkBehaviors = true ]) : bool

A property can be read if:

the class has a getter method associated with the specified name (in this case, property name is case-insensitive);
the class has a member variable with the specified name (when $checkVars is true);
an attached behavior has a readable property of the given name (when $checkBehaviors is true).

Parameters

$name : string: the property name
$checkVars : bool = true: whether to treat member variables as properties
$checkBehaviors : bool = true: whether to treat behaviors' properties as properties of this component

Return values

bool —

whether the property can be read

canSetProperty()

Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.


    public
                    canSetProperty(string $name[, bool $checkVars = true ][, bool $checkBehaviors = true ]) : bool

A property can be written if:

the class has a setter method associated with the specified name (in this case, property name is case-insensitive);
the class has a member variable with the specified name (when $checkVars is true);
an attached behavior has a writable property of the given name (when $checkBehaviors is true).

Parameters

$name : string: the property name
$checkVars : bool = true: whether to treat member variables as properties
$checkBehaviors : bool = true: whether to treat behaviors' properties as properties of this component

Return values

bool —

whether the property can be written

className()

Returns the fully qualified name of this class.


    public
            static        className() : string

Return values

string —

the fully qualified name of this class.

detachBehavior()

Detaches a behavior from the component.


    public
                    detachBehavior(string $name) : Behavior|null

The behavior's [[Behavior::detach()]] method will be invoked.

Parameters

$name : string: the behavior's name.

Return values

Behavior|null —

the detached behavior. Null if the behavior does not exist.

detachBehaviors()

Detaches all behaviors from the component.


    public
                    detachBehaviors() : mixed

end()

Ends a widget.


    public
            static        end() : static

Note that the rendering result of the widget is directly echoed out.

Return values

static —

the widget instance that is ended.

endField()

Ends a form field.


    public
                    endField() : string

This method will return the closing tag of an active form field started by [[beginField()]].

Return values

string —

the closing tag of the form field.

ensureBehaviors()

Makes sure that the behaviors declared in [[behaviors()]] are attached to this component.


    public
                    ensureBehaviors() : mixed

errorSummary()

Generates a summary of the validation errors.


    public
                    errorSummary(Model|array<string|int, Model> $models[, array<string|int, mixed> $options = [] ]) : string

If there is no validation error, an empty error summary markup will still be generated, but it will be hidden.

Parameters

$models : Model|array<string|int, Model>

the model(s) associated with this form.

$options : array<string|int, mixed> = []

the tag options in terms of name-value pairs. The following options are specially handled:

header: string, the header HTML for the error summary. If not set, a default prompt string will be used.
footer: string, the footer HTML for the error summary.

The rest of the options will be rendered as the attributes of the container tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using [[\yii\helpers\Html::encode()]]. If a value is null, the corresponding attribute will not be rendered.

Return values

string —

the generated error summary.

field()

Generates a form field.


    public
                    field(mixed $model, mixed $attribute[, mixed $options = [] ]) : ActiveField

Parameters

$model : mixed: the data model.
$attribute : mixed: the attribute name or expression. See [[Html::getAttributeName()]] for the format about attribute expression.
$options : mixed = []: the additional configurations for the field object. These are properties of [[ActiveField]] or a subclass, depending on the value of [[fieldClass]].

Return values

ActiveField —

the created ActiveField object

getBehavior()

Returns the named behavior object.


    public
                    getBehavior(string $name) : Behavior|null

Parameters

$name : string: the behavior name

Return values

Behavior|null —

the behavior object, or null if the behavior does not exist

getBehaviors()

Returns all behaviors attached to this component.


    public
                    getBehaviors() : array<string|int, Behavior>

Return values

array<string|int, Behavior> —

list of behaviors attached to this component

getId()

Returns the ID of the widget.


    public
                    getId([bool $autoGenerate = true ]) : string|null

Parameters

$autoGenerate : bool = true: whether to generate an ID if it is not set previously

Return values

string|null —

ID of the widget.

getView()

Returns the view object that can be used to render views or view files.


    public
                    getView() : View

The [[render()]] and [[renderFile()]] methods will use this view object to implement the actual view rendering. If not set, it will default to the "view" application component.

Return values

View —

the view object that can be used to render views or view files.

getViewPath()

Returns the directory containing the view files for this widget.


    public
                    getViewPath() : string

The default implementation returns the 'views' subdirectory under the directory containing the widget class file.

Return values

string —

the directory containing the view files for this widget.

hasEventHandlers()

Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event.


    public
                    hasEventHandlers(string $name) : bool

Parameters

$name : string: the event name

Return values

bool —

whether there is any handler attached to the event.

hasMethod()

Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.


    public
                    hasMethod(string $name[, bool $checkBehaviors = true ]) : bool

A method is defined if:

the class has a method with the specified name
an attached behavior has a method with the given name (when $checkBehaviors is true).

Parameters

$name : string: the property name
$checkBehaviors : bool = true: whether to treat behaviors' methods as methods of this component

Return values

bool —

whether the method is defined

hasProperty()

Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined for this component.


    public
                    hasProperty(string $name[, bool $checkVars = true ][, bool $checkBehaviors = true ]) : bool

A property is defined if:

the class has a getter or setter method associated with the specified name (in this case, property name is case-insensitive);
the class has a member variable with the specified name (when $checkVars is true);
an attached behavior has a property of the given name (when $checkBehaviors is true).

Parameters

$name : string: the property name
$checkVars : bool = true: whether to treat member variables as properties
$checkBehaviors : bool = true: whether to treat behaviors' properties as properties of this component

Return values

bool —

whether the property is defined

init()

Initializes the widget.


    public
                    init() : mixed

off()

Detaches an existing event handler from this component.


    public
                    off(string $name[, callable|null $handler = null ]) : bool

This method is the opposite of [[on()]].

Note: in case wildcard pattern is passed for event name, only the handlers registered with this wildcard will be removed, while handlers registered with plain names matching this wildcard will remain.

Parameters

$name : string: event name
$handler : callable|null = null: the event handler to be removed. If it is null, all handlers attached to the named event will be removed.

Return values

bool —

if a handler is found and detached

on()

Attaches an event handler to an event.


    public
                    on(string $name, callable $handler[, mixed $data = null ][, bool $append = true ]) : mixed

The event handler must be a valid PHP callback. The following are some examples:

function ($event) { ... }         // anonymous function
[$object, 'handleClick']          // $object->handleClick()
['Page', 'handleClick']           // Page::handleClick()
'handleClick'                     // global function handleClick()

The event handler must be defined with the following signature,

function ($event)

where $event is an [[Event]] object which includes parameters associated with the event.

Since 2.0.14 you can specify event name as a wildcard pattern:

$component->on('event.group.*', function ($event) {
    Yii::trace($event->name . ' is triggered.');
});

Parameters

$name : string: the event name
$handler : callable: the event handler
$data : mixed = null: the data to be passed to the event handler when the event is triggered. When the event handler is invoked, this data can be accessed via [[Event::data]].
$append : bool = true: whether to append new event handler to the end of the existing handler list. If false, the new handler will be inserted at the beginning of the existing handler list.

registerClientScript()

This registers the necessary JavaScript code.


    public
                    registerClientScript() : mixed

render()

Renders a view.


    public
                    render(string $view[, array<string|int, mixed> $params = [] ]) : string

The view to be rendered can be specified in one of the following formats:

path alias (e.g. "@app/views/site/index");
absolute path within application (e.g. "//site/index"): the view name starts with double slashes. The actual view file will be looked for under the [[Application::viewPath|view path]] of the application.
absolute path within module (e.g. "/site/index"): the view name starts with a single slash. The actual view file will be looked for under the [[Module::viewPath|view path]] of the currently active module.
relative path (e.g. "index"): the actual view file will be looked for under [[viewPath]].

If the view name does not contain a file extension, it will use the default one .php.

Parameters

$view : string: the view name.
$params : array<string|int, mixed> = []: the parameters (name-value pairs) that should be made available in the view.

Return values

string —

the rendering result.

renderFile()

Renders a view file.


    public
                    renderFile(string $file[, array<string|int, mixed> $params = [] ]) : string

Parameters

$file : string: the view file to be rendered. This can be either a file path or a path alias.
$params : array<string|int, mixed> = []: the parameters (name-value pairs) that should be made available in the view.

Return values

string —

the rendering result.

run()

Runs the widget.


    public
                    run() : string|void

This registers the necessary JavaScript code and renders the form open and close tags.

Return values

string|void —

the rendering result may be directly "echoed" or returned as a string

setId()

Sets the ID of the widget.


    public
                    setId(string $value) : mixed

Parameters

$value : string: id of the widget.

setView()

Sets the view object to be used by this widget.


    public
                    setView(View $view) : mixed

Parameters

$view : View: the view object that can be used to render views or view files.

trigger()

Triggers an event.


    public
                    trigger(string $name[, Event|null $event = null ]) : mixed

This method represents the happening of an event. It invokes all attached handlers for the event including class-level handlers.

Parameters

$name : string: the event name
$event : Event|null = null: the event instance. If not set, a default [[Event]] object will be created.

validate()

Validates one or several models and returns an error message array indexed by the attribute IDs.


    public
            static        validate(Model $model[, mixed $attributes = null ]) : array<string|int, mixed>

This is a helper method that simplifies the way of writing AJAX validation code.

For example, you may use the following code in a controller action to respond to an AJAX validation request:

$model = new Post;
$model->load(Yii::$app->request->post());
if (Yii::$app->request->isAjax) {
    Yii::$app->response->format = Response::FORMAT_JSON;
    return ActiveForm::validate($model);
}
// ... respond to non-AJAX request ...

To validate multiple models, simply pass each model as a parameter to this method, like the following:

ActiveForm::validate($model1, $model2, ...);

Parameters

$model : Model: the model to be validated.
$attributes : mixed = null: list of attributes that should be validated. If this parameter is empty, it means any attribute listed in the applicable validation rules should be validated.

When this method is used to validate multiple models, this parameter will be interpreted as a model.

Return values

array<string|int, mixed> —

the error message array indexed by the attribute IDs.

validateMultiple()

Validates an array of model instances and returns an error message array indexed by the attribute IDs.


    public
            static        validateMultiple(array<string|int, mixed> $models[, mixed $attributes = null ]) : array<string|int, mixed>

This is a helper method that simplifies the way of writing AJAX validation code for tabular input.

For example, you may use the following code in a controller action to respond to an AJAX validation request:

// ... load $models ...
if (Yii::$app->request->isAjax) {
    Yii::$app->response->format = Response::FORMAT_JSON;
    return ActiveForm::validateMultiple($models);
}
// ... respond to non-AJAX request ...

Parameters

$models : array<string|int, mixed>: an array of models to be validated.
$attributes : mixed = null: list of attributes that should be validated. If this parameter is empty, it means any attribute listed in the applicable validation rules should be validated.

Return values

array<string|int, mixed> —

the error message array indexed by the attribute IDs.

widget()

Creates a widget instance and runs it.


    public
            static        widget([array<string|int, mixed> $config = [] ]) : string

The widget rendering result is returned by this method.

Parameters

$config : array<string|int, mixed> = []: name-value pairs that will be used to initialize the object properties

Return values

string —

the rendering result of the widget.

getClientOptions()

Returns the options for the form JS widget.


    protected
                    getClientOptions() : array<string|int, mixed>

Return values

array<string|int, mixed> —

the options.

attachBehaviorInternal()

Attaches a behavior to this component.


    private
                    attachBehaviorInternal(string|int $name, string|array<string|int, mixed>|Behavior $behavior) : Behavior

Parameters

$name : string|int: the name of the behavior. If this is an integer, it means the behavior is an anonymous one. Otherwise, the behavior is a named one and any existing behavior with the same name will be detached first.
$behavior : string|array<string|int, mixed>|Behavior: the behavior to be attached

Return values

Behavior —

the attached behavior.

ActiveForm extends ActiveForm in package Application

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Constants

Properties

Methods

Constants

EVENT_AFTER_RUN

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EVENT_BEFORE_RUN

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EVENT_INIT

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VALIDATION_STATE_ON_CONTAINER

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VALIDATION_STATE_ON_INPUT

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$action

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$ajaxDataType

$ajaxParam

$autoIdPrefix

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$behaviors read-only

$enableAjaxValidation

$enableClientScript

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$enableClientValidation

$encodeErrorSummary

$errorCssClass

$errorSummaryCssClass

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$fieldClass

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$fieldConfig

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$id

$layout

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$method

$options

$requiredCssClass

$scrollToError

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$scrollToErrorOffset

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$successCssClass

$validateOnBlur

$validateOnChange

$validateOnSubmit

$validateOnType

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$validatingCssClass

$validationDelay

$validationStateOn

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$validationUrl

$view

$viewPath read-only

$_behaviors

$_events

$_eventWildcards

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$_fields

$_id

$_view

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__call()

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__clone()

ActiveForm extends ActiveForm
in package

Application