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BreadleyG
BreadleyG

Reputation: 107

forward input data from textfield to action via button in Yii2

My apologies for the vague title. I'm having trouble coming up with a way to pass input from a textfield forward to an action I'm calling with the button on that view.

The code below is an ActiveForm I have on my view.

<div class="user-view">

<h1><?= Html::encode($this->title) ?></h1>

<p>
    <?php $form = ActiveForm::begin(); ?>
    <?= $form->field($model, 'unique_key') ?>
    <?= Html::a('Test', ['//order/create', 'unique_key' => 'entered key here'], ['class' => 'btn btn-success']) ?>
    <?php ActiveForm::end(); ?>
</p>

What I want to accomplish is that the user fills the text field with a (randomly generated) key. Then, when they click the button, their entered key should be passed through to the order/create action. Problem is that I think it is impossible to get the entered key at this stage as I think it isn't saved anywhere yet.

I know this probably is wrong in so many different ways but I'm still trying to learn.

Is there any way I can accomplish what I'am trying to do ?

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 214

Answers (1)

soju
soju

Reputation: 25312

You simply need a better form config and a button to submit your form :

<?php $form = ActiveForm::begin([
    'action' => '//order/create',
    'method' => 'get',
]); ?>
    <?= $form->field($model, 'unique_key') ?>
    <?= Html::submitButton('Test', ['class' => 'btn btn-success']) ?>
<?php ActiveForm::end(); ?>

Upvotes: 2

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