yii: default value for date picker field and CJuiDatePicker

by prettyscripts on 2012-01-24 14:28:00

setting a default date value to a date picker field is not so straightforward. as in, simply set a property for the CJuiDatePicker widget.

there are 2 ways to do it. these are based on some forum posts i found a while ago.

method 1 - give the attribute a default value

say, default the field with today.

in the action function in controller file, prior to render a view:

PHP:

	`function actionSomething() {`
	`....`
	`$model->date_field = date('Y-m-d'); // default to today`
	`$this->render(....);`
	`}`

in the view file:

PHP:

	`...`
	`<div class="row">`
	`<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'date_field'); ?>`
	`<?php $this->widget('zii.widgets.jui.CJuiDatePicker', array(`
	`'model' => $model,`
	`'attribute' => 'date_field',`
	`'htmlOptions' => array(`
	`'value' => date('Y-m-d'), // set the default date here`
	`),`
	`)) ?>`
	`<?php echo $form->error($model,'date_field'); ?>`
	`</div>`
	`...`