CakePHP 3, variables in Internationalization / translation - variables

I want to use variables in some translation texts bu I can't figure out how to make it work. Your help would be appreciated.
What I would Ideally like:
In my page view:
<?= __("welcome_message", ['John']) ?> // or some variant
In my /en/default.po file
msgid "welcome_message"
msgstr "Welcome {1}, step in and have some fun!"
In short, how can I use a variable in a translated text? Thanks.

Use this in your view, the args are transfered to the translating function as an array, {0} takes the element at index 0 of your array passed in args
<?= __("Welcome {0}", ['John']) ?>
you can also use this syntax : where you pass variables as independent arguments to the function
<?= __("Welcome {0}", 'John') ?>
Using Variables in Translation Messages

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I have a variable in view file, i want pass this to layout file.
I use params like below:
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I try to print this in layout file:
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I get an error: Undefined index: name how cat i fix it?
If your view is rendered by a controller, you can do as below.
Declare a public member in your controller
public $params;
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On the admin side, I've used a WYSIWYG editor for all textareas.
When we format that with bold for example, the following string is stored in the database:
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However, when I try to see that text in bold, I, instead see something like this:
"<b>hello bold</b>"
The goal (so I suppose) would be to remove those double quotes, in order to allow us to see the proper formatted text.
Here's the widget call:
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Here's the view he is calling:
<b><?php echo CHtml::encode($data->getAttributeLabel('description')); ?>:</b>
<?php echo $data->description; ?><!-- Removed the encode from this line-->
<br />
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take a look here : http://www.yiiframework.com/forum/index.php/topic/22237-clistview-raw-html/
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$b = html_entity_decode($a);
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Ref: http://www.php.net/html_entity_decode
Update
You should remove chtml::encode when you print html tags contain data. thats the issue here.
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How to implement a dynamic js script in Yii List View?

Hello and thanks for reading my question. I have a typical list view:
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'dataProvider'=>$dataProvider,
'itemView'=>'_view',
'emptyText'=>'No Jobs',
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In my _view file I have a div and a button that slideToggles the div. If I just put the Javascript at the top of the page, it does not work because the results are dynamic and the name of the div changes with the id returned, eg:
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The problem is in my Javascript, which is as follows:
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Then you can access these data attributes like this js:
<?php Yii::app()->clientScript->registerScript('toggleDetails', "
$('.toggleDetails').click(function(e){
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$('#detailsDiv-' + id).slideToggle();
e.preventDefault();
});
", CClientScript::POS_READY) ?>
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Yii: How to populate a Select input with another model data?

I'm playing around with a small app in order to learn to use Yii.
I've created a small webapp with 2 models / tables: Projects and tasks. (1-to-many relationship, properly configured in the model classes).
I'm now trying to customize the Task/create view, replacing the text input field with a select box proposing the list of available projects.
I opened the form view and tried this:
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'project_id'); ?>
<?php echo $form->textField($model,'project_id'); ?>
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// my hack ends here
<?php echo $form->error($model,'project_id'); ?>
</div>
But it keeps throwing warnings or error (such as Invalid argument supplied for foreach(), and definitely does not work. I'm failing to understand what i'm doing wrong. Can you help ?
Your arguments are not in order (it should be):
$frameworks = Framework::model()->findAll();
$list = CHtml::listData($frameworks, 'id', 'name');
echo $form->listBox($model,'framework_id', $list,array());
Check the documentation
OK, i found it, thanks to Larry Ullman excellent tutorial.
Here it is:
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Saving a checkbox value in Yii

I can't figure out how to properly save checkbox values in Yii. I have a MySQL column, active, defined as a tinyint. I have the following form creation code, which correctly shows the checkbox as checked if the value is 1 and unchecked if 0:
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'active'); ?>
<?php echo $form->checkBox($model,'active'); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'active'); ?>
And the code to save the form correctly changes other, text-based values:
public function actionUpdate($id)
{
$model=$this->loadModel($id);
if(isset($_POST['Thing']))
{
$model->attributes=$_POST['Thing'];
if($model->save())
$this->redirect(array('thing/index'));
}
$this->render('update',array(
'model'=>$model,
));
}
The value of active is not saved. Where am I going wrong?
You can use htmlOptions array to specify value attribute. Below is the code example:
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'active'); ?>
<?php echo $form->checkBox($model,'active', array('value'=>1, 'uncheckValue'=>0)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'active'); ?>
Since version 1.0.2, a special option named 'uncheckValue' is
available that can be used to specify the value returned when the
checkbox is not checked. By default, this value is '0'.
(This text is taken from YII Documenration)
For every input that you are accepting from user, you need to define it in model::rule(). is active defined there in rule()?
In general, if you are having problems saving to the database, i would replace
$model->save();
with
if($model->save() == false) var_dump($model->errors);
that way, you can see exactly why it did not save. it is usually a validation error.
Please follow:
1. in protected/models/Thing.php add active as a numeric
public function rules()
{
// NOTE: you should only define rules for those attributes that
// will receive user inputs.
return array(
array('active', 'numerical', 'integerOnly'=>true),
//OR optional
array('active', 'safe'),
);
}
Controller action: Its ok
View:
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'active'); ?>
<?php echo $form->checkBox($model,'active', array('value'=>1, 'uncheckValue'=>0)); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'active'); ?>
Hope this will work for you...
Article which can be helpful when figuring out how to handle booleans & checkboxes in Yii
http://www.larryullman.com/2010/07/25/handling-checkboxes-in-yii-with-non-boolean-values/
I used a bit type field in my DB and it didn't work.
1.- I changed the field type to tinyint
2.- In the rules function added:
array('active','numerical'),
3.-In the form (as D3K said) do:
<?echo $form->checkBox($model,'active',array('value'=>1, 'uncheckValue'=>0));?>
You can check by printing all the attributes which are being captured. If active is not captured, it must not be safe. you need to declare the variable as safe or define a rule around that variable. This will make the variable safe.
I have similar the same problemce before,I change data type is int,so it save
We can also add a rule as safe in model to pass the values from form to controller without missing.
array('active', 'safe'),
well this post is so old but I've found a solution very useful specially for giving checkbox a value specified rather than number. The new syntax is something like this
notice I'm using ActiveForm
field($model3, 'External_Catering')->checkbox(['id' => 'remember-me-ver', 'custom' => true,'value'=>"External_Catering", 'uncheckValue'=>"vide"]) ?>
1) where my model is =>model3
2) with the name External_Catering
3) that take the value External_Catering and empty when it's uncheckValue
4) in Controller you get the value just by specifying the model and it's attribute like
  $External_Catering=$model3->External_Catering.