How to add a css class to a ActiveForm field in Yii2

Question

There are other questions such as this, which suggest that I can add a class as follows:

<?= $form->field($model, 'name_pu')->textInput(['maxlength' => true, 'class' => 'punjabi']) ?>

**THAT WORKS BUT **

but this replaces the form-control class given by bootstrap, which I don't want.

How can I ADD my own class, so as to get this result

<input type="text" id="regs-name_pu" class="form-control punjabi" name="Regs[name_pu]" maxlength="100">

I am looking for something dynamic,not hardcoding classes that way — Ramesh Pareek, Apr 13 '16 at 08:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '16 at 07:55

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You should simply add the needed class :

<?= $form->field($model, 'name_pu')->textInput(['maxlength' => true, 'class' => 'form-control punjabi']) ?>

answered Apr 13 '16 at 07:55

soju

can we have a better solution? – Ramesh Pareek Apr 13 '16 at 08:03
because if I change my form layout and design, outside of it, I'll have to come back to this and replace the class again! – Ramesh Pareek Apr 13 '16 at 08:04
someone downvoted my question. if you think this helps future readers, kindly upvote. I don't find anything like 'no research' in this. – Ramesh Pareek Apr 13 '16 at 08:33

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 13 '16 at 07:56

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Try

<?= $form->field($model, 'name_pu')->textInput(['maxlength' => true, 'class' => 'form-control punjabi']) ?>

answered Apr 13 '16 at 07:56

AuZu

can we have a better solution – Ramesh Pareek Apr 13 '16 at 08:07
You can set `$my_form_class = 'form-control punjabi'`, then `= $form->field($model, 'name_pu')->textInput(['maxlength' => true, 'class' => $my_form_class]) ?>` – AuZu Apr 13 '16 at 08:11

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