I Have this code
{{Form::select('area_id', Area::lists('area_description','area_id') ,'',array('class' => 'form-control'))}
How do I get the current value of Select box from database. BTW I'm using Laravel with Blade Template.
You can use use something like this:
{{
Form::select(
'area_id',
Area::lists('area_description','area_id'),
old('area_id'), // or Input::old('area_id')
['class' => 'form-control']
)
}}
In this case, instead of using Area::lists('area_description','area_id') inyour template use pass it from your controller, for example (in your controller):
$area_ids = Area::lists('area_description','area_id');
return view('view_name')->with('area_ids', $area_ids);
Then use the following in your template:
{{ Form::select('area_id', $area_ids, old('area_id'), ['class' => 'form-control']) }}
For Laravel-5.1.x
The lists method now returns a Collection instance instead of a plain
array for Eloquent queries. If you would like to convert the
Collection into a plain array, use the all method:
$area_ids = Area::lists('area_description','area_id')->all();
Check the upgrade guide for details.
I Have already solved my own problem wew.
with this code:
{{Form::select('area_id', $area_ids , $person->area_id ,array('class' => 'form-control'))}}
I forgot that it should be the id or the option value not the option content. The option that I mean is the <option> tag.
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I need to add data-test attribute to column header for automated testing of different operations, such as sorting, filtering etc., so that scripts could find where to click.
How it can be done? I would like to keep all the functionality of default headers, just add the attribute.
Thanks!
You can use the renderHeader and pass the attributes you want like below:
columns={[
{
field: "name",
renderHeader: (params) => (
<span data-testid="header-test-id"> // Here pass your data-testid
{"Header with attr "}
</span>
)
}
]}
I'm trying to create a laravel form that have an input select generating from array of strings coming from controller.
How can I set values of options manually?
In controller :
public function create()
{
$eventTypes = EventType::all()->lists('title');
return View::make('events.create')->with(compact('eventTypes'));
}
In view (blade) :
{{ Form::label('eventType', 'Type') }}
{{ Form::select('eventType', $eventTypes, null, array('class'=> 'form-control')) }}
And select created as :
<select class="form-control" id="eventType" name="eventType">
<option value="0">Sport Competition</option>
<option value="1">Movie</option>
<option value="2">Concert</option>
</select>
I just want to set values manually.
The value in the options is just the key of the array. The second parameter to the lists() method will let you choose a field to use as the key:
// use the 'id' field values for the array keys
$eventTypes = EventType::lists('title', 'id');
If you want to do something more custom than that, you'll need to manually build your array with the key/value pairs you want.
Edit
As mentioned by #lukasgeiter in the comments, there is no need to call all() first.
EventType::all()->lists() will first generate a Collection of all the EventType objects. It will then call lists() on the Collection object, meaning it will loop through that Collection to build an array with your requested fields.
EventType::lists() will call lists() on the query builder object, which will just select the two requested fields and return those as the array. It will not build any EventType objects (unless you select a field built by a Model accessor).
I have Laravel. I have a form. I have a MySQL database. There are some dates in it. When I bind the model and the form, the form is dutifully populated with raw MySQL dates. This is obviously not what I need.
My question is: How do I get a model bound form to display dates in a more readable way?!? There is not chance to intercept and format the data. Or maybe for a more general solution, is there any way to do some proessing on any data between the model and the form, before the user sees it?
Am I thinking of this all wrong? A billion thanks!
You may add an accessor method in your model like this:
public function getCreatedAtAttribute($date)
{
$date = new \Carbon\Carbon($date);
// Now modify and return the date
}
This will be called for created_at. Also check date-mutators if you need to override defaults. Check Carbon Docs.
You can format the date in the form using the format() method.
If you're using it in a form element:
{{ Form::text('name', $model->created_at->format('d/m/Y H:i')) }}
If you're displaying it as plain text:
{{ $model->created_at->format('d/m/Y H:i') }}
If you would like the user to be able to modify the date in a nice way, you could use three different select fields. Here's an excerpt from a project I worked on that allows the user to change the date of birth:
<div class="form-group {{ $errors->has('date_of_birth') ? 'has-error' : '' }}">
{{ Form::label('date_of_birth', 'Date of Birth', ['class' => 'control-label']) }}
<div class="form-inline">
{{ Form::selectRange('date_of_birth[day]', 1, 31, null, ['class' => 'form-control']) }}
{{ Form::selectMonth('date_of_birth[month]', null, ['class' => 'form-control']) }}
{{ Form::selectYear('date_of_birth[year]', date('Y') - 3, date('Y') - 16, null, ['class' => 'form-control']) }}
</div>
{{ $errors->first('date_of_birth', '<span class="help-block">:message</span>') }}
</div>
This is contained within a form that has the model bound to it.
Side Note
The alternative answer posted in here actually overrides the default way that laravel handles dates, and unless you actually return a carbon object, you'll never have the luxury of using the format method, or any of the other handy things that carbon has.
If you have other columns that contain dates, add them to the data mutators list:
public function getDates()
{
return ['created_at', 'updated_at', 'date_of_birth', 'some_date_column'];
}
This will now make it so that each of those is an instance of Carbon allowing you to format as you please, whenever you please and easily modify, duplicate and a whole host of other things. For more information regarding this, see: http://laravel.com/docs/eloquent#date-mutators
You can format all fields retrieved from the database with creating an Accessor in your model. For example if your database field is created_at use getCreatedAtAttribute.
public function getCreatedAtAttribute($date)
{
return Carbon::($date)->format('d/m/Y');
}
I have a get method search form with a field like this:
{{ Form::text("name", null, array('class' => 'form-control')) }}
My controller look like this:
public function index()
{
...
$result= $this->repo->search($data, $page, $perPage);
return View::make('index', compact('result'));
}
The route look like this:
Route::get('/search', 'controller#index');
and the form:
<form action="/search" id="searchForm" class="search-form">
I want to repopulate the name field to keep his value even after the search submit.
To do this I added to my controller before the view::make:
Input::flash();
I have problems with this flashing, because when I open one of my result line from the search for editing, the old input is not empty and cause false values on the form model binding of this editing page.
How can I repopulate the search form in an other way ? (No model binding possible for this search form)
Finally, I found what I was searching:
{{ Form::text("name", Input::get("name"), array('class' => 'form-control')) }}
With all the magical in Laravel, I thought there is a possibility to do this automatically, but this what I was searching.
I'm writing this question cause I have difficulties setting up default values for a _MultiCheckbox element of a Zend Framework 1.9.3.
I create Zend_Form_Element_MultiCheckbox with multiple options like this:
$multiCheckbox = new Zend_Form_Element_MultiCheckbox( 'elId',
array ( 'disableLoadDefaultDecorators' =>true ) );
$multiCheckbox ->setName( 'elId' )
->setLabel('elId')
->setRequired( false )
->setAttrib('class', 'inputtext')
->setDecorators( array( 'ViewHelper' ) )
->setMultiOptions( $options );
where the $options array is an associative array 'key' => 'value'. The field is displayed just fine and I can get all the checked values for that element.
When returning to that page I need to restore from the DB the whole list of options again and mark the checked ones. I have tried to do it like that:
$multiCheckbox ->setValue( $defaults );
where $default is array, containing elements of type 'checked_option_field_id' => true(eg. array( '1222' => true, '1443' => true ) ). That action checks ALL the checkboxes and not only the once I need and I have passed to the setValue() method.
I have tried to pass just an array containing elements of type 'checked_option_field_id', (eg. array( '1222', '1443' ) )but that also doesn't work - NONE of the checkboxes is checked.
I have used the form setDefaults() method with those two kinds of arrays, but the results are same - as this method uses again setValue() for each element.
MultiCheckbox element is rendered like that ( result when try to set checked value for only one option ):
<label for="elId-1222"><input type="checkbox" name="elId[]" id="elId-1222" value="1222" checked="checked" class="inputtext">BoRoom </label><br />
<label for="elId-1443"><input type="checkbox" name="elId[]" id="elId-1443" value="1443" checked="checked" class="inputtext">BoRoom Eng2 </label><br/>
That element populates the checked option values in the elId[] array. That is the element name.
setDefaults() form method gets all form elements by name and commit their default values by calling setDefault() form method and after that setValue() element method. So my multicheckbox element has name elId ( it does not get all the element options one by one ) and set default values for all options instead of just the given in the array.
That is how I see it and I can't find solution how to set default values only for some of the options of a multicheckbox element.
Chris is correct that setValue() expects an array of values to be 'checked' (not an array of bool values keyed by your option IDs).
If you are looking for the logic behind the form generation, don't look at the Zend_Form_Element object (or the many extended elements from it), look at the Zend_View_Helper objects. Specifically the Zend_View_Helper_FormRadio object.
When generating the HTML the options array is looped, then the value is checked against the value array - the array passed to setValue(), using in_array().
From Zend_View_Helper_FormRadio line: 150
// is it checked?
$checked = '';
if (in_array($opt_value, $value)) {
$checked = ' checked="checked"';
}
Not sure what that's not working for you, but if you're passing:
$element->setMultiOptions(array('1111' => 'Some Label',
'2222' 'Some Other Label',
'3333', 'Not Selected Label'));
$element->setValue(array('1111','2222');
It should work. Maybe if you could include some code it would be easier to see what's going on?
The setValue() expects a array with those values that need to be checked, in this case for example you need to pass a array with values 1222, 1443 for them to be marked as checked.
You need to serialize the checkbox value before insert in database. To show the database value selected again you have to unserialize the data to show.
The details you can read from following link
http://abser-web-tips.blogspot.com/2010/09/zend-framework-multiple-check-box.html
Thanks