Troubleshooting
---------------

## General

Adjust the commands in the docs, if your platform requires it, eg. using `./yii` or `php yii`.

### `Calling unknown method: yii\console\Application::getSession()`

You need to disable eg. auth components and modules for the CLI. They don't have an effect there anyway.
Or more correctly: you need to disabled any component, which is called and which uses a PHP-session.

[see issue 115](https://github.com/schmunk42/yii2-giiant/issues/115#issuecomment-136284039)

### composer package

You can also add

    "repositories": [
      {
        "type": "vcs",
        "url": "https://github.com/schmunk42/yii2-giiant.git"
      }
    ],
    "require": {
        .....(your required modules)....
        "schmunk42/yii2-giiant":"dev-master"
    },

to your *** composer.json ***  file and run

    composer update

if you are having trouble with "Not found" errors using the preferred method.


## Usage on Windows

Command line example for Windows

```
yii giiant-batch ^
    --modelNamespace=app\models ^
    --crudProviders=schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\providers\core\OptsProvider ^
    --tables=account,article
```


## Code-generator hacks

### Using "prompt" in dropdown lists

Set the first entry in your `getColumnName()` method to value `null`.  

	null => \Yii::t('app', 'Select'),

To ensure that the correct value is written to the database you should add a validation rule in the model.  

    public function rules()
    {
        return ArrayHelper::merge(
            parent::rules(),
            [
                [
                    ['field_name'],
                    'default',
                    'value' => null
                ]
            ]
        );
    }