Yii: Show value to textfield from database on page laod - php

Question

I have a textfield in yii, and want to insert data from database upon that page load. How can I achieve this?
I am able to successfully echo that database value, but not knowing how to insert it.
Lets say the textfield name is 'text', and stored value from db is 'val'.
$this->text = $val //I tried this way

Answer 1

Try like this normal way
CHtml::fileField('name' , 'value', array('id' => 'MuID','class'=>'MyClass'));
If you sending the model data to the View, you can use CActiveForm (check the basic CRUD operations in YII, Generate from GII)
Example: i have fetched user data which has id 0001 and i sent the model to the view
My View
<?php
$form = $this->beginWidget('CActiveForm', array(
'id' => 'my-form',
'enableAjaxValidation' => true,
'enableClientValidation' => true,
'clientOptions' => array(
'hideErrorMessage' => true,
'validateOnSubmit' => true,
)
));
?>
//It will show user name in textbox
<?php echo $form->fileField($model, 'user_name'); ?>
<?php $this->endWidget(); ?>

Answer 2

The db value is probably in a model right? You can use activeTextField to display database values in a textfield
Take a look at:
http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/1.1/CHtml#activeTextField-detail
It will probably look like this:
<?php
// simple textfield which will display the value
echo CHtml::activeTextField($yourmodel, 'field_that_contains_value');
// or if you're using a form:
echo $form->textField($yourmodel, 'field_that_contains_value');
// or if the value isn't in a model
echo CHtml::textField('name_of_field', $value);
?>

Answer 3

<input type="text" name="input_name" value="<?=$val?>"/>
Using CHtml helper:
echo CHtml::textField('name',$val);
Using ActiveForm
echo $form->activeTextField($model, 'attribute', array('value'=>$val));