1) Add some public attribute to the model.
2) Declare it safe on search.
3) Set the label for it.
4) Add a search condition for it in "search()" method.
5) Add the sorting rule for it, also in the "search()" method.
6) And use the attribute in the grid.
class Customer extends CActiveRecord
{
public $customername; // for firstname + lastname;
....
2) Declare it safe on search.
public function rules()
{
return array(
....
array('id, firstname, lastname, ...., customername', 'safe', 'on'=>'search'),
);
}
3) Set the label for it.
public function attributeLabels()
{
return array(
'id' => 'ID',
'firstname' => 'First Name',
'lastname' => 'Last Name',
....
'customername' => 'Customer Name',
);
}
4) Add a search condition for it in "search()" method.
public function search()
{
$criteria=new CDbCriteria;
$criteria->compare('id',$this->id);
$criteria->compare('firstname',$this->firstname);
$criteria->compare('lastname',$this->lasttname);
....
if ( $this->customername != "" )
{
$crit2 = new CDbCriteria;
$crit2->compare('firstname', $this->customername , true, 'OR');
$crit2->compare('lastname', $this->customername , true, 'OR');
$criteria->mergeWith($crit2);
}
....
5) Add the sorting rule for it, also in the "search()" method.
....
return new CActiveDataProvider(get_class($this), array(
'criteria' => $criteria,
'sort' => array(
'defaultOrder' => 'lastname, firstname',
'attributes' => array(
'customername' => array(
'asc' => 'lastname, firstname',
'desc' => 'lastname DESC, firstname DESC',
),
'*',
),
),
'pagination' => array(
'pageSize' => 20,
),
));
6) And use the attribute in the grid.
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$this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
'id' => 'customer-grid',
'dataProvider' => $model->search(),
'filter' => $model,
'columns' => array(
....
array(
'name' => 'customername',
'value' => '$data->firstname . " " . $data->lastname',
),
....
. В Yii для этих целей предусмотрены htmlOptions, itemOptions, and linkOptions.