Yii2 Display Data from the Database Without Using GridView

Question

I have this GridView widget in my index.php view:

<?= GridView::widget([
    'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
    //'filterModel' => $searchModel,
    'columns' => [
        ['class' => 'yii\grid\SerialColumn'],

        //'user_id',
        'fname',
        'lname',
        'username',
        // 'password',
        // 'user_type',
        // 'creator',             
    ],
]); ?>

It obviously generates a table containing data from my database table. I want to get rid of the GridView widget and use other means of displaying data from the database. How do I do that?

One of the reasons why I don't want to use the GridView widget is that I want the display to not look like a table. Something like this, for example:

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Is there any way? Thanks.

Did you check ListView widget? yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/yii-widgets-listview.html — arogachev
– arogachev, Commented Mar 2, 2015 at 5:47

arogachev · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-02 05:52:28Z

4

Use ListView widget for these purposes.

Example of basic usage:

<?= ListView::widget([
    'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
    'itemView' => '_view',    
]) ?>

In _view view file you should place layout for a single user. Inside you can access the current user model through $model variable and get desired attributes values. Read more in official docs.

answered Mar 2, 2015 at 5:52

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2 Comments

kaynewilder Over a year ago

thanks! at first I used DetailView but I can't seem to customize it. now I just put <?= $model->fname; ?> and so on, now I can customize it whatever I want.

arogachev Over a year ago

DetailView is for single model.

ScaisEdge · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-02 08:00:03Z

3

You can get the models in this way:

$myModels = $dataProvider->getModels();

and then iterate through $myModels array to access individual instances and manage the fields with html formatting you prefer

answered Mar 2, 2015 at 8:00

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