Setting default values and Creating into Database using Yii - php

Question

I'm trying to create a new user but I'm having trouble trying to create the user because some of the values that are needed to create a user must be default values that I'm not quite sure how to set. I also need to input into a different table while the actual "create" happens from a different controller.
Here is my form code:
<?php
/* #var $this SystemUserController */
/* #var $model SystemUser */
/* #var $form CActiveForm */
?>
<div class="form">
<?php $form=$this->beginWidget('CActiveForm', array(
'id'=>'system-user-form',
'enableAjaxValidation'=>false,
)); ?>
<p class="note">Fields with <span class="required">*</span> are required.</p>
<?php echo $form->errorSummary($model); ?>
<!--
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'party_id'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'party_id',array('size'=>20,'maxlength'=>20)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'party_id'); ?>
</div>
!-->
<div class="row" id="toshow" style="display:none" name="suppliers"> <?php $supplier = SupplierHead::model()->findAll();
$list = CHtml::listData($supplier ,'head_id','head_name');
echo $form->DropDownList($model,'party_id',
$list, array('prompt'=>'Select Supplier')); ?>
</div>
<button id="abutton">Already a Supplier</button>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#abutton").click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$("#toshow").css('display', 'block');
});
});
</script>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'username'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'username',array('size'=>60,'maxlength'=>200)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'username'); ?>
</div>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'password'); ?>
<?php echo $form->passwordField($model,'password',array('size'=>60,'maxlength'=>255)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'password'); ?>
</div>
<script>
$("#supplier").click(function () {
$("#suppliers").show("slow");
});
</script>
<!--
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'date_last_login'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'date_last_login'); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'date_last_login'); ?>
</div>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'status'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'status',array('size'=>50,'maxlength'=>50)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'status'); ?>
</div>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'date_created'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'date_created'); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'date_created'); ?>
</div>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'date_modified'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'date_modified'); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'date_modified'); ?>
</div>
--!>
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'user_role'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'user_role',array('size'=>60,'maxlength'=>255)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'user_role'); ?>
</div>
<!--
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'isLogin'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'isLogin'); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'isLogin'); ?>
</div>
--!>
<div class="row buttons">
<?php echo CHtml::submitButton($model->isNewRecord ? 'Create' : 'Save'); ?>
</div>
<?php $this->endWidget(); ?>
</div><!-- form -->
As you can see, I've commented out the attributes that I don't want to use. I also fixed the SystemUser model attributes rules() to define which attributes won't be needed for user input here:
public function rules()
{
// NOTE: you should only define rules for those attributes that
// will receive user inputs.
return array(
array('party_id, username, password', 'required'),
//array('isLogin', 'numerical', 'integerOnly'=>true),
array('party_id', 'length', 'max'=>20),
array('username', 'length', 'max'=>200),
array('password, user_role', 'length', 'max'=>255),
// The following rule is used by search().
// Please remove those attributes that should not be searched.
array('party_id, username' 'on'=>'search'),
);
}
Finally, there's also a drop down list I included above from the form that is required to be inserted into a model of a different controller. How do I go about this?
The attributes that need default values are as follows:
date_last_login
status
date_created
date_modified
EDIT
I've uploaded a picture of what happens when I select "Create"
I decided not to add defaults try keeping them NULL just to see if the rules() would work. I
Any help?

Answer 1

Yii's model has methods such as:
beforeSave()
afterSave()
beforeValidate()
afterValidate()
and so on ...
which can be overridden into your model. If you want to set any default value before saving/validating you can use from mentioned methods in your model. Please take a look at the following example:
public function beforeSave() {
if (parent::beforeSave()) {
//Example
$this->date_modified=new New CDbExpression('NOW()');
//ANOTHER EXAMPLE
$this->date=date('Y-m-d',time());
// YOU CAN EVEN CALLING A WEBSERVICE
// ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE SAVING INTO DATABASE
return true;
}
}
other methods such as afterSave and ... work like above.
I hope it help :)

Answer 2

You can use the rules for it like
public function rules()
{
return array(
// your other rules
array('myField','default','value'=>'my Name'),
// for date type use new CDbExpression('NOW()')
array('date_modified','default',
'value'=>new CDbExpression('NOW()'),
),
// rest of your rules
);
}

Answer 3

Try with this data type:
date_last_login : timestamp
status : enum('active','inactive')
date_created : timestamp
date_modified : timestamp
Defult Time stamp: current_timestamp