[SOLVED] Selecting Multiple values in CHtml::dropdownlist yii

Selecting Multiple values in CHtml::dropdownlist yii

I have dropdownlist as

echo CHtml::dropDownList('personids', '',$list, array('id'=>'sea'.$dd,'class'=>'vulntr-textfld1','prompt'=>'Select',));

and the list data is

$criteria=new CDbCriteria();
$criteria->addCondition('PersonTypeCode=:PersonTypeCode AND FamilyId=:FamilyId ');
$criteria->params=array(':PersonTypeCode'=>$category,':FamilyId'=>$Familyid);
$lookupval = Person::model()->findAll($criteria);
$list = CHtml::listData($lookupval, 'PersonID', 'FirstName');

it is working well..but my question is how to select multiple values in this dropdownlist , please any suggestions would be appreciated

Solution

You will have to use a Yii Extension for selecting multiple dropdown values.. The name of extension is "Select2"

Extension Details Here

Download link for Select2

Extract the downloaded file to your application extensions directory

For selecting multiple values.. You should add htmlOptions to select multiple values.

$list will be an array that you have send to this code.

$this->widget('ext.select2.ESelect2',array(
  'name'=>'anything',
  'data'=>$list,
  'htmlOptions'=>array(
    'multiple'=>'multiple',
  ),
));