How to make a drop down list in yii2?

Question

How to make a dropdown in yii2 using an activeform and a model? Since all the methods has changed in yii2,how it is done

Answer 1

Have a look this:

use yii\helpers\ArrayHelper; // load classes
use app\models\Course;
    .....
$dataList=ArrayHelper::map(Course::find()->asArray()->all(), 'id', 'name');
field($model, 'center_id')->dropDownList($dataList, 
         ['prompt'=>'-Choose a Course-']) ?>