yii2: Show label instead of value for boolean checkbox

Question

I have created a check-box input as type Boolean for storing values as dishcharged - checked or unchecked. Checked will store 1 and unchecked will store 0.

Now I wan

Answer 1

First option:

[
    'attribute' => 'discharged',
    'format' => 'boolean',
],

or shortcut:

'discharged:boolean',

This does not require additional methods in your model and writing text labels (it will be set automatically depending on language in your config).

See more details here.

Second option:

Instead of writing additional method in model you can just pass closure to value. You can check details here.

[
    'attribute' => 'discharged',
    'value' => function ($model) {
        return $model->discharged ? 'Yes' : 'No';
    },
],