I have a custom backend-grid for some shipping-methods and I have the following problem:
Everytime I want to edit one of my grid-entries, the country-multi-select is resetted to blank. I´ve been trying a lot to get the previously saved values as preselected values in this multiselect, but I was not successful.
*_Edit_Form.php _prepareForm() excerpt:
$fieldset_rules->addField('allowedcountries', 'multiselect', array(
'label' => Mage::helper('kortwotze_shippingmadesimple')->__('Available Countries'),
'class' => 'required-entry',
'required' => true,
'name' => 'allowedcountries[]',
'values' => $countryList,
'value' => $model->getAllowedCountries(), // Not sure, what exactly to return...
'note' => Mage::helper('kortwotze_shippingmadesimple')->__('Mark the countries, for which this shipping method applies.'),
));
I have the suspicion, that my models have to return a distinct format of that data I want to use, but I have no clue. It may be important, that I serialize the selection while saving and save it as serialized string into a TEXT database-column.
Any help appreciated! I would love to give out more information if needed, but honestly: I am not sure, what I have to provide 😀
Additional Info to oleksii.svarychevskyi:
$countryList looks like
2014-02-03T12:52:48+00:00 DEBUG (7): Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[value] =>
[label] => 1
)
[1] => Array
(
[value] => AF
[label] => Afghanistan
)
[2] => Array
(
[value] => AX
[label] => Alandinseln
)
[3] => Array
(
[value] => AL
[label] => Albanien
)
I tried with 'value' => array('DE') // Uppercase/Lowercase - no success. :/
I also tried with 'value' => 'DE' which also turned out not successful.
Solution
I was really stupid, thinking to save arrays from multiselects on my own. I tried to reinvent the wheel and build something shaped like a parrot.
Just use 'type' => 'multiselect' in your Grid/Edit and add something like this to your saveAction()
foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
if (is_array($value)) {
$data[$key] = $data[$key] = implode(',',$this->getRequest()->getParam($key));
}
}
(shamelessly stolen from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14056140/magento-saving-multiselect-array-on-custom-model – thanks for that solution as well! )
Best Answer
I'll try to help you
valuesattribute should contain the array like thisvalueattribute should contain array or coma separated list of selected values fromvalueofvaluesattribute.Or