protected function findModel($id)
 {
     if (($model = DiscussionCategories::findOne($id)) !== null) {
         return $model;
     } else {
         throw new NotFoundHttpException('The requested page does not exist.');
     }
 }
 /**
  * Creates data provider instance with search query applied
  *
  * @param array $params
  *
  * @return ActiveDataProvider
  */
 public function search($params)
 {
     $query = DiscussionCategories::find();
     $dataProvider = new ActiveDataProvider(['query' => $query]);
     $this->load($params);
     if (!$this->validate()) {
         // uncomment the following line if you do not want to return any records when validation fails
         // $query->where('0=1');
         return $dataProvider;
     }
     $query->andFilterWhere(['id' => $this->id, 'created_at' => $this->created_at, 'updated_at' => $this->updated_at]);
     $query->andFilterWhere(['like', 'name', $this->name]);
     return $dataProvider;
 }
 public static function getCategoriesWithPosts()
 {
     foreach (DiscussionCategories::find()->all() as $category) {
         $q[] = '(SELECT *,discussion_categories.id as dcId FROM discussion_categories
     LEFT OUTER JOIN discussion_posts on discussion_posts.discussion_category_id = discussion_categories.id
     where discussion_categories.id = ' . $category['id'] . ' ORDER BY discussion_posts.id DESC LIMIT 3 )';
     }
     if (!empty($q)) {
         //var_dump(DiscussionCategories::_group_by(Yii::$app->db->createCommand(implode(' UNION ALL ', $q))->queryAll(), 'name'));
         /*Yii::$app->end();*/
         return DiscussionCategories::_group_by(Yii::$app->db->createCommand(implode(' UNION ALL ', $q))->queryAll(), 'name');
     }
     return [];
 }