How to Retrieve Image Files from Database Using Yii Framework? - php

Question

Our Yii Framework application has the following defined as part of the UserProfileImages model:
public function getProfileImages($param, $user_id) {
if(isset($param['select']) && $param['select']=='all'){
$profile_images = UserProfileImages::model()->findAllByAttributes( array( 'user_id'=>$user_id) );
} else {
$profile_images = UserProfileImages::model()->findByAttributes( array( 'user_id'=>$user_id) );
}
return $profile_images;
}
How would I wire up the above snippet to a widget in my view to return all the images for a given user?
Bonus Question: Which image rotator do you suggest to render the above?

Answer 1

In your view file, add something like this, assuming that your controller specified $user_id:
$this->widget('UserProfileImagesWidget', array(
"userProfileImages" => UserProfileImages::getProfileImages(
array("select" => "all"),
$user_id
),
"user_id" => $user_id
));
Depending on your MVC philosophy, you could also retrieve the userProfileImages data in the controller and pass that data to your view.
Define a widget like this:
class UserProfileImagesWidget extends CWidget {
public $user_id;
public $userProfileImages = array();
public function run() {
$this->render("userProfileImage");
}
}
Finally, in the userProfileImages.php view file, you can do something like this:
if(!empty($this->userProfileImages)) {
// Your display magic
// You can access $this->user_id
}
As a side note: You might want to change the order of your parameters in getProfileImages. If $user_id is the first parameter, you can leave out $params completely in case you don't want to specify any.