Yii2 Kartik-V Typeahead Advanced Widget: How to store result in Mysql - mysql

Question

Tearing my hair out at this point, hopefully someone can help me out!
I am using the Kartik-V Typeahead Advanced widget with Yii2.
The plugin works, in that the functionality is working perfectly on the page, I search and the results appear in the auto complete list.
Unfortunately, I am unable to store the result in my database. I am seeing an issue on the following line:
->where([ 'name' => $model->name ])//This variable is returning null
Am I trying to store the data incorrectly? I have tried everything I can think of, but I am sure someone here will come up with something better!
See below for the full code.
My controller:
public function actionIndex()
{
$model = new Member();
if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post())) {
$test = Test::find()
->where([ 'name' => $model->name ])//This variable is returning null
->one();
$test->updateCounters(['times_used' => 1]);
}
return $this->render('index', [
'model' => $model,
]);
}
/*************
* Initial prefetch of results
*************/
public function actionPrefetchlist() {
$query = new Query;
$query->select('name')
->from('test_table')
->limit(10)
->orderBy('times_used');
$command = $query->createCommand();
$data = $command->queryAll();
$out = [];
foreach ($data as $d) {
$out[] = ['value' => $d['name']];
}
echo Json::encode($out);
}
/*************
* Remote results
*************/
public function actionRemotelist() {
$query = new Query;
$query->select('name')
->from('test_table')
->where('name LIKE "%' . $q .'%"')
->limit(10)
->orderBy('times_used');
$command = $query->createCommand();
$data = $command->queryAll();
$out = [];
foreach ($data as $d) {
$out[] = ['value' => $d['name']];
}
echo Json::encode($out);
}
The view file:
echo $form->field($model, 'name')->label(false)->widget(Typeahead::classname(), [
'name' => 'name',
'options' => ['placeholder' => 'Filter as you type ...'],
'pluginOptions' => ['highlight'=>true],
'dataset' => [
[
'datumTokenizer' => "Bloodhound.tokenizers.obj.whitespace('value')",
'display' => 'value',
'prefetch' => Url::to(['prefetchlist']),
'remote' => [
'url' => Url::to(['remotelist']) . '?q=%QUERY',
'wildcard' => '%QUERY'
]
]
]
]);

Answer 1

you ask here for a new model:
$model = new Member();
so you get a empty model
so the $model->name is empty
if you set the model $model->name='test';
than it will be filled so, fill the model first

Answer 2

So it turns out it was a massive rookie error.
If anyone else stumbles upon something similar, I removed the attribute name from the model's "rules()"
I need an integer in the database but I wanted users to enter in a string (I would then convert it in the controller). Removing it from the rule broke everything.
Hopefully this helps someone else :)