I use this code on backend/views/_form.php
<?php $CoursesCat = ArrayHelper::map(CoursesCat::find()->all(),'id', 'cat_name');
$CoursesSubcat = ArrayHelper::map(CoursesSubcat::find()->all(),'id', 'name');
$form = ActiveForm::begin(); ?>
<?php
echo $form->field($model, 'cat_id')->dropDownList($CoursesCat,
['prompt'=>'-Choose a Category-',
'onchange'=>'
$.post( "'.urldecode(Yii::$app->urlManager->createUrl('coursedetail/lists&id=')).'"+$(this).val(), function( data ) {
$( "select#subcat_id" ).html( data );
});
']);
echo $form->field($model, 'subcat_id')
->dropDownList( $CoursesSubcat
['prompt'=>'-Choose a Sub Category-'],
['id'=>'subcat_id']
); ?>
public function actionLists($id)
{
echo $sql = "select * from courses_subcat where cat_id='$id' ";
$models = CoursesSubcat::findBySql($sql)->asArray()->all();
//echo "<pre>";print_r($model);exit;
if(sizeof($models) >0){
echo "<option>-Choose a Sub Category-</option>";
foreach($models as $model){
echo "<option value='".$model['id']."'>".$model['name']."</option>";
}
}
else{
echo "<option>-Choose a Sub Category-</option><option></option>";
}
}
use the krajee extension for dependent drop down
Details is here Krejee dependent dropdown for yii2 http://demos.krajee.com/widget-details/depdrop
or follow following instructions:
Install the extension via composer:
$ php composer.phar require kartik-v/dependent-dropdown "dev-master"
In your view :
use kartik\widgets\DepDrop;
// Normal parent select
echo $form->field($model, 'cat')->dropDownList($catList, ['id' => 'cat-id']);
// Dependent Dropdown
echo $form->field($model, 'subcat')->widget(DepDrop::classname(), [
'options' => ['id' => 'subcat-id'],
'pluginOptions' => [
'depends' => ['cat-id'],
'placeholder' => 'Select...',
'url' => Url::to(['/site/subcat'])
]
]);
// THE CONTROLLER
public function actionSubcat() {
$out = [];
if (isset($_POST['depdrop_parents'])) {
$parents = $_POST['depdrop_parents'];
if ($parents != null) {
$cat_id = $parents[0];
$out = self::getSubCatList($cat_id);
// the getSubCatList function will query the database based on the
// cat_id and return an array like below:
// [
// ['id'=>'<sub-cat-id-1>', 'name'=>'<sub-cat-name1>'],
// ['id'=>'<sub-cat_id_2>', 'name'=>'<sub-cat-name2>']
// ]
echo Json::encode(['output'=>$out, 'selected'=>'']);
return;
}
}
echo Json::encode(['output'=>'', 'selected'=>'']);
}