how-to-make-a-child-form.md

How To Make A Child Form (Master - Detail)

Table Products : products

Field Name	Data Type
id	int(PK)
created_at	timestamp
name	varchar(255)
price	double

Table Customers : customers

Field Name	Data Type
id	int(PK)
created_at	timestamp
name	varchar(255)

Table Master : orders

Field Name	Data Type
id	int(PK)
created_at	timestamp
customers_id	int(11)
order_number	varchar(25)

Table Detail : orders_detail

Field Name	Data Type
id	int(PK)
created_at	timestamp
orders_id	int(11)
products_id	int(11)
price	double
discount	double
qty	int(10)
subtotal	double

Code Example

$columns[] = ['label'=>'Product','name'=>'products_id','type'=>'datamodal','datamodal_table'=>'products','datamodal_columns'=>'name,price','datamodal_select_to'=>'price:price','datamodal_where'=>'','datamodal_size'=>'large'];
$columns[] = ['label'=>'Price','name'=>'price','type'=>'number','required'=>true];
$columns[] = ['label'=>'QTY','name'=>'qty','type'=>'number','required'=>true];
$columns[] = ['label'=>'Discount','name'=>'discount','type'=>'number','required'=>true];
$columns[] = ['label'=>'Sub Total','name'=>'subtotal','type'=>'number','formula'=>"[qty] * [price] - [discount]","readonly"=>true,'required'=>true];
$this->form[] = ['label'=>'Orders Detail','name'=>'orders_detail','type'=>'child','columns'=>$columns,'table'=>'orders_detail','foreign_key'=>'orders_id'];

Legend For Child Type

Attribute	Description
columns	Fill an array like an example
table	the relationship (detail) table
foreign_key	fk for relationship (detail) table

Child Form Type Available

Type Name	Additional Attribute
text	min,max
number	min,max
textarea	max
select	datatable - e.g : 'tableName,fieldName'
radio	dataenum - e.g : ['a','b','c [, ...]]
upload	upload_type - (image,file)
datamodal	datamodal_table,datamodal_columns,datamodal_select_to,datamodal_where,datamodal_size

What's Next

• How To Make The Graded Select Boxes (Parent Select -> Child Select -> Etc..)

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