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classyii\widgets\ActiveField
Extendsyii\base\Component » yii\base\BaseObject
Implementsyii\base\Configurable
Since2.0
Sourceframework/widgets/ActiveField.php
1 subclass

ActiveField represents a form input field within an ActiveForm.

For more details and usage information on ActiveField, see the guide article on forms.

PropertyTypeDescriptionDefined by
$addAriaAttributesboolAdds aria HTML attributes aria-required and aria-invalid for inputs Default: true. Available since 2.0.11.ActiveField
$attributestringThe model attribute that this field is associated with. Default: null.ActiveField
$behaviors read-onlyarray<yii\base\Behavior<static>>List of behaviors attached to this component.yii\base\Component
$enableAjaxValidationbool|nullWhether to enable AJAX-based data validation. Default: null.ActiveField
$enableClientValidationbool|nullWhether to enable client-side data validation. Default: null.ActiveField
$errorOptionsarrayThe default options for the error tags. Default: ['class' => 'field-error'].ActiveField
$formActiveFormThe form that this field is associated with. Default: null.ActiveField
$hintOptionsarrayThe default options for the hint tags. Default: ['class' => 'hint-block'].ActiveField
$inputOptionsarrayThe default options for the input tags. Default: [].ActiveField
$labelOptionsarrayThe default options for the label tags. Default: [].ActiveField
$modelyii\base\ModelThe data model that this field is associated with. Default: null.ActiveField
$optionsarrayThe HTML attributes (name-value pairs) for the field container tag. Default: [].ActiveField
$partsarrayDifferent parts of the field (e.g. input, label). Default: [].ActiveField
$selectorsarrayThe jQuery selectors for selecting the container, input and error tags. Default: [].ActiveField
$templatestringThe template that is used to arrange the label, the input field, the error message and the hint text. Default: "{label}\n{input}\n{hint}\n{error}".ActiveField
$validateOnBlurbool|nullWhether to perform validation when the input field loses focus. Default: null.ActiveField
$validateOnChangebool|nullWhether to perform validation when the value of the input field is changed. Default: null.ActiveField
$validateOnTypebool|nullWhether to perform validation while the user is typing in the input field. Default: null.ActiveField
$validationDelayint|nullNumber of milliseconds that the validation should be delayed when the user types in the field and $validateOnType is set true. Default: null.ActiveField
MethodDescriptionDefined by
__construct()Constructor.yii\base\BaseObject
__call()Calls the named method which is not a class method.yii\base\Component
__clone()This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one.yii\base\Component
__get()Returns the value of a component property.yii\base\Component
__isset()Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.yii\base\Component
__set()Sets the value of a component property.yii\base\Component
__toString()PHP magic method that returns the string representation of this object.ActiveField
__unset()Sets a component property to be null.yii\base\Component
attachBehavior()Attaches a behavior to this component.yii\base\Component
attachBehaviors()Attaches a list of behaviors to the component.yii\base\Component
begin()Renders the opening tag of the field container.ActiveField
behaviors()Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.yii\base\Component
canGetProperty()Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.yii\base\Component
canSetProperty()Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.yii\base\Component
checkbox()Renders a checkbox.ActiveField
checkboxList()Renders a list of checkboxes.ActiveField
className() staticReturns the fully qualified name of this class.yii\base\BaseObject
detachBehavior()Detaches a behavior from the component.yii\base\Component
detachBehaviors()Detaches all behaviors from the component.yii\base\Component
dropDownList()Renders a drop-down list.ActiveField
end()Renders the closing tag of the field container.ActiveField
ensureBehaviors()Makes sure that the behaviors declared in behaviors() are attached to this component.yii\base\Component
error()Generates a tag that contains the first validation error of $attribute.ActiveField
fileInput()Renders a file input.ActiveField
getBehavior()Returns the named behavior object.yii\base\Component
getBehaviors()Returns all behaviors attached to this component.yii\base\Component
hasEventHandlers()Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event.yii\base\Component
hasMethod()Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.yii\base\Component
hasProperty()Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined for this component.yii\base\Component
hiddenInput()Renders a hidden input.ActiveField
hint()Renders the hint tag.ActiveField
init()Initializes the object.yii\base\BaseObject
input()Renders an input tag.ActiveField
label()Generates a label tag for $attribute.ActiveField
listBox()Renders a list box.ActiveField
off()Detaches an existing event handler from this component.yii\base\Component
on()Attaches an event handler to an event.yii\base\Component
passwordInput()Renders a password input.ActiveField
radio()Renders a radio button.ActiveField
radioList()Renders a list of radio buttons.ActiveField
render()Renders the whole field.ActiveField
textarea()Renders a text area.ActiveField
textInput()Renders a text input.ActiveField
trigger()Triggers an event.yii\base\Component
widget()Renders a widget as the input of the field.ActiveField
addAriaAttributes() protectedAdds aria attributes to the input options.ActiveField
addErrorClassIfNeeded() protectedAdds validation class to the input options if needed.ActiveField
addRoleAttributes() protectedAdd role attributes to the input optionsActiveField
adjustLabelFor() protectedAdjusts the for attribute for the label based on the input options.ActiveField
generateLabel() protectedGenerates the label element based on labelOptions configuration when enclosedByLabel is false.ActiveField
getClientOptions() protectedReturns the JS options for the field.ActiveField
getInputId() protectedReturns the HTML id of the input element of this form field.ActiveField
isAjaxValidationEnabled() protectedChecks if ajax validation enabled for the field.ActiveField
isClientValidationEnabled() protectedChecks if client validation enabled for the field.ActiveField
public bool|null $enableAjaxValidation = null

Whether to enable AJAX-based data validation.

If not set, it will take the value of ActiveForm::$enableAjaxValidation.

public bool|null $enableClientValidation = null

Whether to enable client-side data validation.

If not set, it will take the value of ActiveForm::$enableClientValidation.

public array $errorOptions = ['class' => 'field-error']

The default options for the error tags.

The parameter passed to error() will be merged with this property when rendering the error tag. The following special options are recognized:

  • tag: the tag name of the container element. Defaults to div. Setting it to false will not render a container tag. See also Html::tag().
  • encode: whether to encode the error output. Defaults to true.

If you set a custom id for the error element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

public array $hintOptions = ['class' => 'hint-block']

The default options for the hint tags.

The parameter passed to hint() will be merged with this property when rendering the hint tag. The following special options are recognized:

  • tag: the tag name of the container element. Defaults to div. Setting it to false will not render a container tag. See also Html::tag().
public array $inputOptions = []

The default options for the input tags.

The parameter passed to individual input methods (e.g. textInput()) will be merged with this property when rendering the input tag.

If you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

public array $labelOptions = []

The default options for the label tags.

The parameter passed to label() will be merged with this property when rendering the label tag.

public array $options = []

The HTML attributes (name-value pairs) for the field container tag.

The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). If a value is null, the corresponding attribute will not be rendered. The following special options are recognized:

  • tag: the tag name of the container element. Defaults to div. Setting it to false will not render a container tag. See also Html::tag().

If you set a custom id for the container element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

public array $parts = []

Different parts of the field (e.g. input, label).

This will be used together with $template to generate the final field HTML code. The keys are the token names in $template, while the values are the corresponding HTML code. Valid tokens include {input}, {label} and {error}. Note that you normally don’t need to access this property directly as it is maintained by various methods of this class.

public array $selectors = []

The jQuery selectors for selecting the container, input and error tags.

The array keys should be container, input, and/or error, and the array values are the corresponding selectors. For example, ['input' => '#my-input'].

The container selector is used under the context of the form, while the input and the error selectors are used under the context of the container.

You normally do not need to set this property as the default selectors should work well for most cases.

public string $template = "{label}\n{input}\n{hint}\n{error}"

The template that is used to arrange the label, the input field, the error message and the hint text.

The following tokens will be replaced when render() is called: {label}, {input}, {error} and {hint}.

public bool|null $validateOnBlur = null

Whether to perform validation when the input field loses focus.

If not set, it will take the value of ActiveForm::$validateOnBlur.

public bool|null $validateOnChange = null

Whether to perform validation when the value of the input field is changed.

If not set, it will take the value of ActiveForm::$validateOnChange.

public bool|null $validateOnType = null

Whether to perform validation while the user is typing in the input field.

If not set, it will take the value of ActiveForm::$validateOnType.

public int|null $validationDelay = null

Number of milliseconds that the validation should be delayed when the user types in the field and $validateOnType is set true.

If not set, it will take the value of ActiveForm::$validationDelay.

public function __toString(): string

PHP magic method that returns the string representation of this object.

Returns

string: The string representation of this object.

public function begin(): string

Renders the opening tag of the field container.

Returns

string: The rendering result.

public function checkbox(array $options = [], bool $enclosedByLabel = true): $this

Renders a checkbox.

This method will generate the checked tag attribute according to the model attribute value.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. The following options are specially handled: - uncheck: string, the value associated with the uncheck state of the checkbox. If not set, it will take the default value 0. This method will render a hidden input so that if the checkbox is not checked and is submitted, the value of this attribute will still be submitted to the server via the hidden input. If you do not want any hidden input, you should explicitly set this option as null. - label: string|false|null, a label displayed next to the checkbox. It will NOT be HTML-encoded. Therefore you can pass in HTML code such as an image tag. If this is coming from end users, you should encode it to prevent XSS attacks. When this option is specified, the checkbox will be enclosed by a label tag. If you do not want any label, you should explicitly set this option as null. - labelOptions: array, the HTML attributes for the label tag. This is only used when the label option is specified. Supports a tag sub-option ('label'/false/custom tag) for flexible label rendering. The rest of the options will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). If a value is null, the corresponding attribute will not be rendered. If you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.
$enclosedByLabelboolWhether to enclose the checkbox within the label. If true, the method will still use $template to layout the checkbox and the error message except that the checkbox is enclosed by the label tag.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function checkboxList(array $items, array $options = []): $this

Renders a list of checkboxes.

A checkbox list allows multiple selection, like listBox(). As a result, the corresponding submitted value is an array. The selection of the checkbox list is taken from the value of the model attribute.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$itemsarrayThe data item used to generate the checkboxes. The array values are the labels, while the array keys are the corresponding checkbox values.
$optionsarrayOptions (name => config) for the checkbox list. For the list of available options please refer to the $options parameter of Html::activeCheckboxList().

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function dropDownList(array $items, array $options = []): $this

Renders a drop-down list.

The selection of the drop-down list is taken from the value of the model attribute.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$itemsarrayThe option data items. The array keys are option values, and the array values are the corresponding option labels. The array can also be nested (i.e. some array values are arrays too). For each sub-array, an option group will be generated whose label is the key associated with the sub-array. If you have a list of data models, you may convert them into the format described above using ArrayHelper::map(). Note, the values and labels will be automatically HTML-encoded by this method, and the blank spaces in the labels will also be HTML-encoded.
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. For the list of available options please refer to the $options parameter of Html::activeDropDownList(). If you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function end(): string

Renders the closing tag of the field container.

Returns

string: The rendering result.

public function error(array|false $options = []): $this

Generates a tag that contains the first validation error of $attribute.

Note that even if there is no validation error, this method will still return an empty error tag.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsarray|falseThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. It will be merged with $errorOptions. The options will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). If this parameter is false, no error tag will be rendered. The following options are specially handled: - tag: this specifies the tag name. If not set, div will be used. See also Html::tag(). If you set a custom id for the error element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

See also

public function fileInput(array $options = []): $this

Renders a file input.

This method will generate the name and value tag attributes automatically for the model attribute unless they are explicitly specified in $options.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. These will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). If you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function hiddenInput(array $options = []): $this

Renders a hidden input.

Note that this method is provided for completeness. In most cases because you do not need to validate a hidden input, you should not need to use this method. Instead, you should use Html::activeHiddenInput().

This method will generate the name and value tag attributes automatically for the model attribute unless they are explicitly specified in $options.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. These will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). If you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function hint(string|bool|null $content, array $options = []): $this

Renders the hint tag.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$contentstring|bool|nullThe hint content. If null, the hint will be generated via Model::getAttributeHint(). If false, the generated field will not contain the hint part. Note that this will NOT be encoded.
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. These will be rendered as the attributes of the hint tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). The following options are specially handled: - tag: this specifies the tag name. If not set, div will be used. See also Html::tag().

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function input(string $type, array $options = []): $this

Renders an input tag.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$typestringThe input type (e.g. text, password)
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. These will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). If you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function label(string|null|false $label = null, array|null $options = []): $this

Generates a label tag for $attribute.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$labelstring|null|falseThe label to use. If null, the label will be generated via Model::getAttributeLabel(). If false, the generated field will not contain the label part. Note that this will NOT be encoded.
$optionsarray|nullThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. It will be merged with $labelOptions. The options will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). If a value is null, the corresponding attribute will not be rendered. The following special options are recognized: - label: string|false|null, the label text. Used as fallback when $label parameter is null. If set to false, the label will not be rendered. The $label parameter always takes precedence over this option. - tag: string|false, the tag name for the label element. Defaults to 'label'. If set to false, the label content is rendered without any wrapping tag. If set to 'label', Html::activeLabel() is used (default behavior). Any other string value (e.g. 'span', 'div', 'h3') will use Html::tag() with that element.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function listBox(array $items, array $options = []): $this

Renders a list box.

The selection of the list box is taken from the value of the model attribute.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$itemsarrayThe option data items. The array keys are option values, and the array values are the corresponding option labels. The array can also be nested (i.e. some array values are arrays too). For each sub-array, an option group will be generated whose label is the key associated with the sub-array. If you have a list of data models, you may convert them into the format described above using ArrayHelper::map(). Note, the values and labels will be automatically HTML-encoded by this method, and the blank spaces in the labels will also be HTML-encoded.
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. For the list of available options please refer to the $options parameter of Html::activeListBox(). If you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function passwordInput(array $options = []): $this

Renders a password input.

This method will generate the name and value tag attributes automatically for the model attribute unless they are explicitly specified in $options.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. These will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). If you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function radio(array $options = [], bool $enclosedByLabel = true): $this

Renders a radio button.

This method will generate the checked tag attribute according to the model attribute value.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. The following options are specially handled: - uncheck: string, the value associated with the uncheck state of the radio button. If not set, it will take the default value 0. This method will render a hidden input so that if the radio button is not checked and is submitted, the value of this attribute will still be submitted to the server via the hidden input. If you do not want any hidden input, you should explicitly set this option as null. - label: string|false|null, a label displayed next to the radio button. It will NOT be HTML-encoded. Therefore you can pass in HTML code such as an image tag. If this is coming from end users, you should encode it to prevent XSS attacks. When this option is specified, the radio button will be enclosed by a label tag. If you do not want any label, you should explicitly set this option as null. - labelOptions: array, the HTML attributes for the label tag. This is only used when the label option is specified. Supports a tag sub-option ('label'/false/custom tag) for flexible label rendering. The rest of the options will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). If a value is null, the corresponding attribute will not be rendered. If you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.
$enclosedByLabelboolWhether to enclose the radio within the label. If true, the method will still use $template to layout the radio button and the error message except that the radio is enclosed by the label tag.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function radioList(array $items, array $options = []): $this

Renders a list of radio buttons.

A radio button list is like a checkbox list, except that it only allows single selection. The selection of the radio buttons is taken from the value of the model attribute.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$itemsarrayThe data item used to generate the radio buttons. The array values are the labels, while the array keys are the corresponding radio values.
$optionsarrayOptions (name => config) for the radio button list. For the list of available options please refer to the $options parameter of Html::activeRadioList().

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function render(string|callable|null $content = null): string

Renders the whole field.

This method will generate the label, error tag, input tag and hint tag (if any), and assemble them into HTML according to $template.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$contentstring|callable|nullThe content within the field container. If null (not set), the default methods will be called to generate the label, error tag and input tag, and use them as the content. If a callable, it will be called to generate the content. The signature of the callable should be: function ($field) { return $html; }

Returns

string: The rendering result.

public function textarea(array $options = []): $this

Renders a text area.

The model attribute value will be used as the content in the textarea.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. These will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). If you set a custom id for the textarea element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function textInput(array $options = []): $this

Renders a text input.

This method will generate the name and value tag attributes automatically for the model attribute unless they are explicitly specified in $options.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsarrayThe tag options in terms of name-value pairs. These will be rendered as the attributes of the resulting tag. The values will be HTML-encoded using Html::encode(). The following special options are recognized: - maxlength: int|bool, when maxlength is set true and the model attribute is validated by a string validator, the maxlength option will take the value of StringValidator::$max. This is available since version 2.0.3. Note that if you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the value of $selectors accordingly.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

public function widget(string $class, array $config = []): $this

Renders a widget as the input of the field.

Note that the widget must have both model and attribute properties. They will be initialized with $model and $attribute of this field, respectively.

If you want to use a widget that does not have model and attribute properties, please use render() instead.

While widgets extending from Widget work with active field, it is preferred to use InputWidget as a base class.

For example to use the MaskedInput widget to get some date input, you can use the following code, assuming that $form is your ActiveForm instance:

$form->field($model, 'date')->widget(\yii\widgets\MaskedInput::class, [
'mask' => '99/99/9999',
]);

If you set a custom id for the input element, you may need to adjust the $selectors accordingly.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$classstringThe widget class name.
$configarrayName-value pairs that will be used to initialize the widget.

Returns

$this: The field object itself.

Throws

protected function addAriaAttributes(mixed &$options): mixed

Adds aria attributes to the input options.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsmixedArray input options

Returns

mixed

Since

2.0.11

protected function addErrorClassIfNeeded(mixed &$options): mixed

Adds validation class to the input options if needed.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsmixedArray input options

Returns

mixed

Since

2.0.14

protected function addRoleAttributes(mixed &$options, string $role): mixed

Add role attributes to the input options

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsmixedArray input options
$rolestring

Returns

mixed

Since

2.0.16

protected function adjustLabelFor(array $options): mixed

Adjusts the for attribute for the label based on the input options.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsarrayThe input options.

Returns

mixed

protected function generateLabel(array $options): array

Generates the label element based on labelOptions configuration when enclosedByLabel is false.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
$optionsarrayThe input options array

Returns

array: The cleaned options array with labelOptions removed

protected function getClientOptions(): array

Returns the JS options for the field.

Returns

array: The JS options.

protected function getInputId(): string

Returns the HTML id of the input element of this form field.

Returns

string: The input id.

Since

2.0.7

protected function isAjaxValidationEnabled(): bool

Checks if ajax validation enabled for the field.

Returns

bool

Since

2.0.11

protected function isClientValidationEnabled(): bool

Checks if client validation enabled for the field.

Returns

bool

Since

2.0.11