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

There are some good solutions above, and mine is just a combination of two (I came here looking for a solution).

@Sarvar Nishonboyev's solution is good because it maintains the creation of the form input label and help-block for error messages.

I went with:

<?php
use yii\helpers\ArrayHelper;
use app\models\Product;
?>
<?=
$form->field($model, 'parent_id')
     ->dropDownList(
            ArrayHelper::map(Product::find()->asArray()->all(), 'parent_id', 'name')
            )
?>

Again, full credit to: @Sarvar Nishonboyev's and @ippi

Answer 2

If you made it to the bottom of the list. Save some php code and just bring everything back from the DB as you need like this:

 $items = Standard::find()->select(['name'])->indexBy('s_id')->column();

Answer 3

Maybe I'm wrong but I think that SQL query from view is a bad idea

This is my way

In controller

$model = new SomeModel();
$items=ArrayHelper::map(TableName::find()->all(),'id','name');


return $this->render('view',['model'=>$model, 'items'=>$items])

And in View

<?= Html::activeDropDownList($model, 'item_id',$items) ?>

Or using ActiveForm

<?php $form = ActiveForm::begin(); ?>
 <?= $form->field($model, 'item_id')->dropDownList($items) ?>
<?php ActiveForm::end(); ?>

Answer 4

It seems you've found your answer already but since you mentioned the active form I'll contribute with one more, even if it differs only ever so slightly.

<?php
    $form = ActiveForm::begin();

    echo $form->field($model, 'attribute')
        ->dropDownList(
            $items,           // Flat array ('id'=>'label')
            ['prompt'=>'']    // options
        );

    ActiveForm::end();
?>

Answer 5

Have a look this:

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

Answer 6

This is about generating data, and so is more properly done from the model. Imagine if you ever wanted to change the way data is displayed in the drop-down box, say add a surname or something. You'd have to find every drop-down box and change the arrayHelper. I use a function in my models to return the data for a dropdown, so I don't have to repeat code in views. It also has the advantage that I can specify filter here and have them apply to every dropdown created from this model;

/* Model Standard.php */

public function getDropdown(){
      return ArrayHelper::map(self::find()->all(), 's_id', 'name'));
}

You can use this in your view file like this;

echo $form->field($model, 'attribute')
        ->dropDownList(
            $model->dropDown
        );