lazy-yii

An automated form creator for yii. Create forms easily form you models.

Getting Started

Copy the folder and place in your extensions folder in your yii project. This is a YII extension so you would need the whole framework for this to work.

Prerequisites

• Yii

Usage

To use with a project just add the following code

$this->widget('application.extensions.LazyModel.LazyModel', array( 'model' => $model));

This will generated a layout of text boxes for your model. To gain more control of your form you need to add more configurations.

Properties

A list of the properties of the widget

• model - A CActiveRecord Class
• formId - The id of the form element
• cssClass - The class of the form element
• elements - An array of attributes for you model
• buttons - An array of attributes for your buttons

Elements

A list of Attributes for your elements

• name - The label of the element
• cssClass - The class of the element
• elementId - The id of the element
• elementStyle - A string containing styles
• type - The Type of element
  • text
  • textarea
  • number
  • file
  • dropdown
  • checkboxlist
  • date
  • datetime
• dropDownData - the data for a dropdown field
• rows - Rows for a text area type element
• cols - Columns for a text are type element

Buttons

A List of attributes for your button elements

• btnName - The name of your button
• btnValue - The value of you button
• btnType - The type of your button ( default: submit)
• btnStyle - Styling for your buttons