pollext/poll

Widget to create custom polls for Yii 2.0 framework

yii2-poll

Poll widget for yii2, _(*1)

The Poll widget for the Yii2 framework allows you to create custom polls for authenticated users to vote on., _(*2)

Installing, _(*3)

Put the widget directory in apps\basic\vendor\yiisoft, _(*4)

To autoloading classes of widget you need add alias in extensions.php which is located in apps\basic\vendor\yiisoft, _(*5)

array ( 'name' => 'yiisoft/yii2-poll', 'alias' => array ( '@pollext/poll' => $vendorDir . '/yiisoft/yii2-poll', ) ), _(*6)

That's all. The widget uses mysql database. But you do not need to create tables. Widget itself will create all the necessary tables in your database., _(*7)

Usage, _(*8)

At first, import widget classes in view file where you want create poll, _(*9)

use pollext\poll\Poll; Then invoke the widget and specify the name of the poll and the response options, _(*10)

    echo Poll::widget([
            'pollName'=>'Do you like PHP?',
            'answerOptions'=>
            [
                'Yes',
                'No',
            ],
        ]); 

That's all. You will see poll with standard parameters. But you can set your parameters. You can change max width of lines, color, height and background color for lines., _(*11)

    echo Poll::widget([
            'pollName'=>'Do you like PHP?',
            'answerOptions'=>
            [
                'Yes',
                'No',
            ],
            'params'=>
            [
            'maxLineWidth'=> 200, // in pixels
            'backgroundLinesColor'=>'#DCDCDC', //html hex 
            'linesHeight'=>20, // in pixels
            'linesColor'=>'#DC0079' // html hex 

            ]
        ]); 

So, now you can fast and easy create the polls, _(*12)

If you want to change the styles for the poll form, you can do it directly in the view file of poll widget in apps\basic\vendor\yiisoft\yii2-poll\views\index.php, _(*13)