Missing required parameter in yii2 Search - yii2

Question

i want to search the stock till a particular date. User will fill this date form. The first page where user go to input the date field is _formtilldate.
Controller action -
public function actionIndex3() {
//$enddate = '2018-03-01';
$searchModel1 = new SellitemSearch();
$dataProvider1 = $searchModel1->search ( Yii::$app->request->queryParams );
//$searchModel2 = new PuritemtilldateSearch();
//$dataProvider2 = $searchModel2->search(Yii::$app->request->queryParams);
return $this->render ( '_formtilldate' , [
'model1' => $searchModel1 ,
//'enddate' => $enddate,
//'model2' => $searchModel2,
//'searchModel1' => $searchModel2,
] );
}
And the form field
<?php
$form = ActiveForm::begin ( [
'id' => 'form-id' ,
'action' => [ '/stock/sellitem/stocktilldate' , 'enddate' => $model1->enddate ] ,
'method' => 'get' ,
'enableClientScript' => false ,
] );
?>
<?=
$form->field ( $model1 , 'enddate' )->widget (
DatePicker::className () , [
// inline too, not bad
'options' => [ 'placeholder' => 'End Date ...' , 'id' => 'enddate1' ] ,
'inline' => false ,
//'id' => 'startdate1',
// modify template for custom rendering
//'template' => '<div class="well well-sm" style="background-color: #fff; width:250px">{input}</div>',
'clientOptions' => [
'autoclose' => true ,
'todayHighlight' => true ,
'format' => 'yyyy-mm-dd'
]
] );
?>
On clicking on the submit button, the search query runs -
Controller Action -
public function actionStocktilldate( $enddate ) {
//$enddate = '2018-03-01';
$searchModel1 = new SellitemtilldateSearch();
$dataProvider1 = $searchModel1->search ( Yii::$app->request->queryParams );
//$searchModel2 = new PuritemtilldateSearch();
//$dataProvider2 = $searchModel2->search(Yii::$app->request->queryParams);
return $this->render ( 'indexstocktilldate' , [
//'enddate' => $enddate,
'searchModel1' => $searchModel1 ,
'dataProvider1' => $dataProvider1 ,
//'searchModel2' => $searchModel2,
//'dataProvider2' => $dataProvider2,
] );
}
Search Model -
public function search( $params , $enddate ) {
//$query = Sellitem::find();
$subQuery1 = (new Query() )->select ( [ 'pi_upc' , 'sum(pi_qty) as purchased' ] )->from ( 'puritem' )->leftJoin ( 'pursum' , 'pursum.ps_id = puritem.psi_id' )->andwhere ( [ '<' , 'pursum.ps_date' , $enddate ] )->groupby ( 'pi_upc' );
$subQuery2 = (new Query() )->select ( [ 'si_iupc' , 'sum(si_qty) as sold' ] )->from ( 'sellitem' )->leftJoin ( 'sellsum' , 'sellsum.ss_id = sellitem.si_ssid' )->andwhere ( [ '<' , 'sellsum.ss_date' , $enddate ] )->groupby ( 'si_iupc' );
$subQuery3 = (new Query() )->select ( [ 'i_upc' , 'i_category' , 'i_brand' , 'i_desc' , 'i_unit' , 'i_buyprice' , 'coalesce(p.purchased,0) as purchased' ] )->from ( 'item' )->leftJoin ( [ 'p' => $subQuery1 ] , 'p.pi_upc = i_upc' );
$query = (new Query() )->select ( [ 'tp.i_upc as upc' , 'tp.i_category as category' , 'tp.i_brand as brand' , 'tp.i_desc as description' , 'tp.i_unit as unit' , 'tp.purchased as purchased' , 'coalesce(ts.sold,0) as sold' , '(coalesce(purchased,0) - coalesce(sold,0)) as stock' , 'tp.i_buyprice as rate' , 'round(((coalesce(purchased,0) - coalesce(sold,0))*tp.i_buyprice),2) as value' ] )->from ( [ 'tp' => $subQuery3 ] )->leftJoin ( [ 'ts' => $subQuery2 ] , 'ts.si_iupc = tp.i_upc' );
// add conditions that should always apply here
$dataProvider = new ActiveDataProvider([
'query' => $query ,
'pagination' => [
'pageSize' => 10000000000 ,
] ,
]);
......
}
Now, in the url I can see the parameter got passed -
http://localhost/chayanika/frontend/web/index.php?r=stock%2Fsellitem%2Fstocktilldate&SellitemSearch%5Benddate%5D=2018-08-13
But, I'm getting error -
Bad Request (#400)
Missing required parameter: enddate
I'm not getting where I'm missing it.
I made a bit progress here -
I just learned that the date I'm getting in the URL is coming from the Action in the form. But it's not of much use so far.
If I change the controller action a bit, I get a result -
public function actionStocktilldate() {
$enddate = date ( 'Y-m-d' );
//$enddate = yii::$app->request->get('enddate');
//var_dump($enddate);
$searchModel1 = new SellitemtilldateSearch();
$dataProvider1 = $searchModel1->search ( Yii::$app->request->queryParams , $enddate );
//$searchModel2 = new PuritemtilldateSearch();
//$dataProvider2 = $searchModel2->search(Yii::$app->request->queryParams);
return $this->render ( 'indexstocktilldate' , [
//'enddate' => $enddate,
'searchModel1' => $searchModel1 ,
'dataProvider1' => $dataProvider1 ,
//'searchModel2' => $searchModel2,
//'dataProvider2' => $dataProvider2,
] );
}
Please tell me how can I pass the date collected by the form to this controller.

Answer 1

In your url, I don't see enddate param, I just see:
frontend/web/index.php?r=stock/sellitem/stocktilldate&SellitemSearch[enddate]=2018-08-13"
It is SellitemSearch[enddate], not enddate
You should modify your url to
frontend/web/index.php?r=stock/sellitem/stocktilldate&enddate=2018-08-13"
or remove $enddate param from actionStocktilldate function.

Answer 2

How is action parameter treated in ActiveForm.
Query parameters in the action are ignored for GET method. We use
hidden fields to add them back Hidden inputs are created and they are
submitted so your form action goes to the right place.
So if you look into the form source from your browser there is a hidden input created with the name enddate which will be submitted automatically.
<form id="w0" action="http://localhost/chayanika/frontend/web/index.php?r=/stock/sellitem/stocktilldate" method="get">
<input type="hidden" name="enddate" value="2018-03-01"><button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
Reason
But in your case, it isn't submitting because there isn't any hidden field being created. Why? because the assignment of your $model->enddate is returning null. Make sure there is a valid timestamp or date string saved.
Track
Go to line 395 of \yii\web\UrlManager function createUrl($params).
If you are using enablePrettyUrl=>true then it will enter the first check and in the foreach it appends the query string params as key where value!==null.
if($this->enablePrettyUrl){
$cacheKey = $route . '?';
foreach($params as $key => $value){
if($value !== null){
$cacheKey .= $key . '&';
}
}
if you are using enablePrettyUrl=>false then it will skip to the last section
$url = "$baseUrl?{$this->routeParam}=" . urlencode($route);
if(!empty($params) && ($query = http_build_query($params)) !== ''){
$url .= '&' . $query;
}
return $url . $anchor;
and there it will fail the check if(!empty($params) && ($query = http_build_query($params)) !== ''){ as http_build_query($params) returns empty string for an array having a key with null value.
So make sure you have a date save and the current model does not have the date saved in database as null