How to pass data to CActiveForm

Question

I have a form with dropDownList I need to pass the data from DB to that list.

$form->dropDownList($model,'parent',$dd_data); ?>   

Where and how should I define $dd_data array?

Answer 1

You can use CHtml::listData to populate $dd_data, directly in the view, or use it in the controller and pass it to the view.

$dd_data array needs to be of format: array('value'=>'display') check CHtml::dropDownList().