Yii - How to get a values array from an Active Record

Question

Using Yii, how can I get an array from an Active Record.

Say something like this:

array(\'foo\', \'bar\', \'lala\')

From something like thi

Answer 1

You could also do something like

$countries = Country::model()->findAll();
array_values(CHtml::listData($countries, 'country_id', 'country_name'));

which returns an array of all country names, or

array_keys(CHtml::listData($countries, 'country_id', 'country_name'));

which returns an array of all country ids.