How to create custom widget in Yii2

Create custom widget in Yii2

In this example We am creating a dropdown widget. This is only provide a basic structure of how to create your own custom widget.


Following files you need to create for widget.

1. _template.php
        print_r($model);
        die;

2.GridviewDropdown.php

namespace common\widgets\dropdownWidget;

use yii\base\Widget;

public function init(){

    parent::init();
}
public function run(){
    return $this->render('_template', ['items' => $this->data]);

   }

}

3.viewFile.php
echo \common\widgets\dropdownWidget\GridviewDropdown::widget([
            'model' => $model
    ])