Yii framework: how to pass arguments to grid's afterAjaxUpdate? - yii

Question

How can I pass arguments to CGridView upon it's afterAjaxUpdate function? Currently, I manually set some values in HTML(in hiddent fields) and then they are read from grid's function afterAjaxUpdate.
This does work, but it doesn't sound professional. Any advice?
Here is an example of my "view" code:
<div style="width:<?php $asDialog==1?'700px':'800px' ?>;">
<?php
$appartmentUpdateLink = CJavaScript::encode($this->createUrl('appartment/update', array('id'=>'')));
$this->widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
'id'=>'appartment-grid-milimeters-editable',
'dataProvider'=>$model->search3(),
'cssFile'=>Html::cssUrl('gridstyles'),
'columns'=>array(
array( //needed for keyboard arrow up/down binding scripts.
'id' => 'selectedIds',
'class' => 'CCheckBoxColumn',
'checkBoxHtmlOptions'=>array('tabindex'=>'-1'),
),
array(
'name'=>'number',
'class' => 'phaEditColumn2',
'actionUrl' => array('appartment/setAttribute', 'attribute'=>'number'),
'htmlOptions'=>array('width'=>'15px'),
),
array(
'name'=>'name',
'header'=>'Διαμ.',
'class' => 'phaEditColumn2',
'actionUrl' => array('appartment/setAttribute', 'attribute'=>'name'),
'htmlOptions'=>array('width'=>'25px'),
),
),
'afterAjaxUpdate' => 'function(id, data) {
var foundOnPage = false;
var erroredIdsString = $("#recentIdDialogForError").text();
var erroredIdsArray = erroredIdsString.split(",");
var errorsLength = erroredIdsArray.length;
//reset errored rows (red outline).
$("#"+id).children(".items").children("tbody").find("input.select-on-check").closest("tr").css("outline", "0px");
$("#"+id).children(".items").children("tbody").find("input.select-on-check").each(function () {
for(var i=0; i<errorsLength; i++){
if($(this).prop("value") == erroredIdsArray[i]){
$(this).closest("tr").css("outline", "1px solid red");
}
}
if($(this).prop("value") == $("#recentIdDialog").text()){ //return to page after normal create/update
foundOnPage = true;
$(this).closest("tr").addClass("selected");
$(this).prop("checked", true);
$(".appartmentUpdateButton").prop("disabled", false);
$(".appartmentUpdateButton").parent().attr({
href: '. $appartmentUpdateLink .'+$("#recentIdDialog").text()+"?returnPage=2",
});
} //if
else if($(this).prop("value") == $("#recentIdDialogForNext").text()){ //just updated record(s) inline at the editable grid
if(!$(this).closest("tr").is(":last-child")){
var nextTr = $(this).closest("tr").next();
foundOnPage = true;
$(nextTr).addClass("selected");
$(nextTr).find("input.select-on-check").prop("checked", true);
$(nextTr).find(".button-column a.update").trigger("click");
$(".appartmentUpdateButton").prop("disabled", false);
$(".appartmentUpdateButton").parent().attr({
href: '. $appartmentUpdateLink .'+$(nextTr).find("input.select-on-check").prop("value")+"?returnPage=2",
});
}else{ //it is the last child -- go add a new record!
$(".newButton").trigger("click");
}
}//else if
if(foundOnPage == false){
$(".appartmentUpdateButton").prop("disabled", true);
$(".appartmentUpdateButton").parent().removeAttr("href");
}
?>
</div>
<div id='recentIdDialog' style='display:none'></div>
<div id='recentIdDialogForNext' style='display:none'></div>
<div id='recentIdDialogForNextSoft' style='display:none'></div>
<div id='recentIdDialogForError' style='display:none'></div>
<?php echo CHtml::link(CHtml::button('Διόρθωση', array('disabled'=>'disabled', 'id'=>'appartmentUpdateButton2', 'class'=>'appartmentUpdateButton', 'style'=>'width:120px')),array('appartment/update', 'id'=>''));?>
and one of the "view" scripts:
function sendData3(myUrl, dataObject){
return $.ajax({
type: "POST",
cache: false,
url: myUrl,
data: {myData: dataObject},
success: function(answer){
var obj = $.parseJSON(answer);
var successArray = obj.success;
var failureArray = obj.failure;
var printableAnswer = "";
if(successArray.length > 0){
printableAnswer += obj.msgSuccess;
$("#recentIdDialog").html("");
$("#recentIdDialogForNext").html(successArray[successArray.length-1]);
$("#recentIdDialogForNextSoft").html("");
$("recentIdDialogForError").html("");
}
if(failureArray.length > 0){
printableAnswer += obj.msgFailure;
var errors = "";
$("recentIdDialogForError").html("");
$.each(obj.errors, function(key, val) {
errors += "<div class=\"flash-error\">" + val + "</div>";
});
printableAnswer += errors;
$("#recentIdDialog").html((obj.failure)[0]); //FIRST errored line of the grid remains selected.
$("#recentIdDialogForNext").html("");
$("#recentIdDialogForNextSoft").html("");
for(var j=0; j<failureArray.length; j++){
$("#recentIdDialogForError").append(failureArray[j] + ",");
}
}
$("#statusMsgDialog").html(printableAnswer);
$("#statusMsgDialog").show();
if(failureArray.length <= 0){
$("#statusMsgDialog").delay(7000).fadeOut("slow");
}
},
});
}
And the controller:
$dataObject = $_POST['myData'];
$item = $dataObject['item'];
$model=$this->loadModel($item);
$model->attributes = $dataObject;
$valid = $model->validate();
if($valid){
if($model->save()){
$answer = array(
'status'=>'success',
'id'=>$model->id,
'msg'=>"<div class='flash-success'>Ajax - success [".($model->name?$model->name:$model->id)."].</div>");
echo json_encode($answer);
Yii::app()->end();
}
}else{
$error = CActiveForm::validate($model);
$errorArray = json_decode($error, true);
$answer = array(
'status'=>'error',
'id'=>$model->id,
'msg'=>"<div class='flash-error'>Ajax - error [".($model->name?$model->name:$model->id)."].</div>",
'errors'=>$errorArray);
echo json_encode($answer);
Yii::app()->end();
}