In my application I'm using an extension (which I own and may modify). This extension has an ActiveRecord based class that I want to extend in the application with another property. Can I do this somehow? Can a Factory help anyhow or Yii behaviour?
Class in extension:
namespace extension;
/**
* @property integer $id
* @property string $name
*/
class Product extends ActiveRecord {
public static function tableName() {
return 'product';
}
/**
* @inheritdoc
*/
public function rules() {
return [
[['id', 'name'], 'required'],
[['id'], 'integer'],
[['name'], 'string'],
];
}
}
There is also a ProductController and the corresponding view files (index, create, update, view, _form) in the extension which were regularly produced with gii. I just would like to add another property $description (string, required) to the Product. A migration in order to add the required column is available.
Do I have to overwrite the model and controller class and the view files? Or is the a more elegant solution?
E.g., consider the standard object creation that takes place within the extension:
public function actionCreate() {
$model = new Product();
if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->save()) {
return $this->redirect(['view', 'language' => $model->language]);
} else {
return $this->render('create', [
'model' => $model,
]);
}
}
From my understanding I cannot influence the creation. Or am I wrong?
My impression is that I have to override everything (also the view files since the property has to be displayed) and then change controllerNamespace.
