I'm creating a module that "creates" a user and I've set default values in my model rules but whenever I select "create" it still shows as "required"
I'm trying to create a new user but I'm having trouble trying to create the user because some of the values that are needed to create a user must be default values that I'm not quite sure how to set. I also need to input into a different table while the actual "create" happens from a different controller.
Here is my form code:
<?php
/* @var $this SystemUserController */
/* @var $model SystemUser */
/* @var $form CActiveForm */
?>
<div class="form">
<?php $form=$this->beginWidget('CActiveForm', array(
'id'=>'system-user-form',
'enableAjaxValidation'=>false,
)); ?>
<p class="note">Fields with <span class="required">*</span> are required.</p>
<?php echo $form->errorSummary($model); ?>
<!--
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'party_id'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'party_id',array('size'=>20,'maxlength'=>20)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'party_id'); ?>
</div>
!-->
<div class="row" id="toshow" style="display:none" name="suppliers"> <?php $supplier = SupplierHead::model()->findAll();
$list = CHtml::listData($supplier ,'head_id','head_name');
echo $form->DropDownList($model,'party_id',
$list, array('prompt'=>'Select Supplier')); ?>
</div>
<button id="abutton">Already a Supplier</button>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#abutton").click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$("#toshow").css('display', 'block');
});
});
</script>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'username'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'username',array('size'=>60,'maxlength'=>200)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'username'); ?>
</div>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'password'); ?>
<?php echo $form->passwordField($model,'password',array('size'=>60,'maxlength'=>255)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'password'); ?>
</div>
<script>
$("#supplier").click(function () {
$("#suppliers").show("slow");
});
</script>
<!--
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'date_last_login'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'date_last_login'); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'date_last_login'); ?>
</div>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'status'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'status',array('size'=>50,'maxlength'=>50)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'status'); ?>
</div>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'date_created'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'date_created'); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'date_created'); ?>
</div>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'date_modified'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'date_modified'); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'date_modified'); ?>
</div>
--!>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'user_role'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'user_role',array('size'=>60,'maxlength'=>255)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'user_role'); ?>
</div>
<!--
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'isLogin'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'isLogin'); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'isLogin'); ?>
</div>
--!>
<div class="row buttons">
<?php echo CHtml::submitButton($model->isNewRecord ? 'Create' : 'Save'); ?>
</div>
<?php $this->endWidget(); ?>
</div><!-- form -->
As you can see, I've commented out the attributes that I don't want to use. I also fixed the SystemUser model attributes rules() to define which attributes won't be needed for user input here:
public function rules()
{
// NOTE: you should only define rules for those attributes that
// will receive user inputs.
return array(
array('username, password,' 'required'),
array('username', 'length', 'max'=>200),
array('password', 'length', 'max'=>255),
array('user_role', 'default', 'value'=>'Member'),
array('date_created' 'default', 'value'=>new CDbExpression('NOW()'),
array('date_modified','default',
'value'=>new CDbExpression('NOW()'),
'setOnEmpty'=>false,'on'=>'update'),
array('isLogin,date_last_login' =>new CDbExpression('NOW()'),
array('status' 'default', 'value'=>'Approved'),
// The following rule is used by search().
// Please remove those attributes that should not be searched.
array('party_id, username, password,isLogin,status,date_created,date_modified user_role', 'safe', 'on'=>'search'),
);
}
Finally, there's also a drop down list I included above from the form that is required to be inserted into a model of a different controller. How do I go about this?
The attributes that need default values are as follows:
date_last_login
status
date_created
date_modified
EDIT
I've uploaded a picture of what happens when I select "Create"
I decided not to add defaults try keeping them NULL just to see if the rules() would work. I
Any help?
This helped me.
$model->save(false);
Or in the controller you can add values to each field when the form is submitted.