Searching records for date fails - yii2

Question

Following code should search records for date. But whatever I click,main branch in condition will be executed,so I will get outprinting:
choice_date is false
It will be searched for records which are <=department_created_date,but never for records >=department_created_date
Any ideas,how to fix this?
Here is my RadioList
<?php
use yii\helpers\Html;
use kartik\grid\GridView;
use yii\widgets\ActiveForm;
$this->title = Yii::t('app', 'Departments');
$this->params['breadcrumbs'][] = $this->title;
?>
<div class="departments-index">
<h1><?= Html::encode($this->title) ?></h1>
<?php
$form = ActiveForm::begin();
$model = new backend\models\DepartmentsSearch();
?><?= $form->field($model, 'choice_date')->radioList(array(0 => 'Before', 1 => 'After'))->label('Please, choose Datesearching!'); ?>
<p><?= Html::a(Yii::t('app', 'Create Departments'), ['create'], ['class' => 'btn btn-success']) ?></p>
<?=
GridView::widget([
'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
'filterModel' => $searchModel,
'columns' => [
['class' => 'yii\grid\SerialColumn'],
[
'attribute' => 'branches_branch_id',
'label' => Yii::t('app', 'Branch'),
'value' => function($model) {
if ($model->branches_branch_id) {
return $model->branchesBranch->branch_name;
} else {
return NULL;
}
},
'filterType' => GridView::FILTER_SELECT2,
'filter' => backend\models\Branches::getBranchList(),
'filterWidgetOptions' => [
'pluginOptions' => ['allowClear' => true],
],
'filterInputOptions' => ['placeholder' => 'Branch', 'id' => 'grid-Branch-search-rechtsart']
],
'branchesBranch.branch_name',
'department_name',
[
'attribute' => 'companies_company_id',
'label' => Yii::t('app', 'Company'),
'value' => function($model) {
if ($model->companies_company_id) {
return $model->companiesCompany->company_name;
} else {
return NULL;
}
},
'filterType' => GridView::FILTER_SELECT2,
'filter' => backend\models\Companies::getCompanyList(),
'filterWidgetOptions' => [
'pluginOptions' => ['allowClear' => true],
],
'filterInputOptions' => ['placeholder' => 'Company', 'id' => 'grid-Company-search-rechtsart']
],
'department_created_date',
['class' => 'yii\grid\ActionColumn'],
],
]);
?>
</div>
and here is my searching class:
<?php
namespace backend\models;
use Yii;
use yii\base\Model;
use yii\data\ActiveDataProvider;
use backend\models\Departments;
class DepartmentsSearch extends Departments {
public $choice_date;
public function rules() {
return [
[['department_id'], 'integer'],
[['choice_date'], 'boolean'],
[['department_name', 'department_created_date', 'department_status', 'companies_company_id', 'branches_branch_id'], 'safe'],
];
}
public function scenarios() {
return Model::scenarios();
}
public function search($params) {
$query = Departments::find();
$dataProvider = new ActiveDataProvider([
'query' => $query,
]);
$this->load($params);
if (!$this->validate())
return $dataProvider;
/*
Whatever I click in RadioList,property will be 0,so I'll get setFlash->'choice_date is false'
*/
if ($this->choice_date == 0) {
Yii::$app->session->setFlash('If-branch is false', 'choce_date is false');
$query->andFilterWhere(['<=', 'department_created_date', $this->department_created_date]);
} else {
Yii::$app->session->setFlash('if-branch is true', 'choice_date is true');
$query->andFilterWhere(['>=', 'department_created_date', $this->department_created_date]);
}
$query->joinWith('companiesCompany');
$query->joinWith('branchesBranch');
$query->andFilterWhere(['like', 'department_name', $this->department_name])
->andFilterWhere(['like', 'companies.company_name', $this->companies_company_id])
->andFilterWhere(['like', 'branches.branch_name', $this->branches_branch_id])
->andFilterWhere(['like', 'department_status', $this->department_status]);
return $dataProvider;
}
}
Further ideas,how to fix this misery?
P.S.: For Bizley's help, here is an extraction of my controller:
class DepartmentsController extends Controller{
public function actionIndex(){
$searchModel = new DepartmentsSearch();
$dataProvider = $searchModel->search(Yii::$app->request->queryParams);
return $this->render('index', [
'searchModel' => $searchModel,
'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
]);
}
further methods are irrelevant,here. Why will property of date-record not be rendered in view?
}

Answer 1

Your $model in the view is RadioForm so the form sends this field as RadioForm[choice_date].
But you are expecting choice_date from DepartmentsSearch model and this field is left empty.
Remove the RadioForm model, it's totally unneeded. Use DepartmentsSearch model in the form view.
Update:
Since OP finally told that this is a GridView I can update my answer to suit him.
There is filterSelector property in GridView you can use - you can set there additional jQuery selectors that will be used for filtering.
Here is updated code with comments below:
<?php $form = ActiveForm::begin();
echo $form->field($searchModel /* 1 */, 'choice_date')->radioList([
0 => 'Before', 1 => 'After'
], ['itemOptions' => ['class' => 'choiceRadio' /* 2 */]])->label('Please, choose Datesearching!');
ActiveForm::end(); /* 3 */ ?>
<?= GridView::widget([
'dataProvider' => $dataProvider,
'filterModel' => $searchModel,
'filterSelector' => '.choiceRadio', /* 4 */
// ...
This is the $searchModel I was talking about. You don't need any other model here.
You can set here any CSS class you want, it's for filterSelector.
Don't forget to close form like you did in your original code.
This is the selector for the radio input. Mind the notation - . for CSS class, # for CSS id.