Accessing A Controller Variable Via Cdetailview Widget

[lrzins]

Hi, I'm using Yii version 1.1.13. I've generated a variable in a controller, that I need to display in the view file "_view.php". I pass the variable to "view.php" with render, and I can access it there. But I can't figure out how to access the variable from "_view.php", which uses the CDetailView widget. How is this done? Am I missing something? You would think this would be very easy, since it is such a common task.

 

Thanks for any tips,

Larry Z.

 

[lrzins]

For Pete's sake, I just figured it out, thanks to this post:

 

http://www.yiiframework.com/forum/index.php/topic/28254-using-cdetailview-to-show-another-models-view/

 

and then this made more sense:

 

http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/1.1/CDetailView#attributes-detail

 

At least this is one way to do it I suppose. You can access data in the database directly using a relation defined in your model.

 

In my Course model I have this relation:

 

'department' => array(self::BELONGS_TO, 'Department', 'department_id'),

 

In the view.php file I add an attribute to the CDetailView widget that accesses the data:

 

<?php $this->widget('zii.widgets.CDetailView', array(
        'data'=>$model,
        'attributes'=>array(
                array('label'=>'Department', 'name'=>'department_name', 'value'=>$model->department->department_name),
                'course_title',
                'department_core_course',
                'elective_graduate_or_upper_division',
                'units',
        ),
)); ?>

 

And in the _view.php file:

 

<b><?php echo CHtml::encode($data->getAttributeLabel('department_id')); ?>:</b>
<?php echo CHtml::encode(department_name); ?>
<br />

 

But what if you make a calculation in a controller, which is not stored in the database, and want to display it in the _view.php file? Would it be available in $this->some_variable? OK I'll test...

 

Whew!

 

Larry Z.

 

[lrzins]

Oh, it turns out that the _view.php file is only used by the index.php file. Sorry if that mislead/confused anybody.

 

Larry Z.

[Larry]

Glad you figured all this out and thanks for sharing what you learned.