The [[allModels]] property contains all data models that may be sorted and/or paginated.
ArrayDataProvider will provide the data after sorting and/or pagination.
You may configure the [[sort]] and [[pagination]] properties to
customize the sorting and pagination behaviors.
Elements in the [[allModels]] array may be either objects (e.g. model objects)
or associative arrays (e.g. query results of DAO).
Make sure to set the [[key]] property to the name of the field that uniquely
identifies a data record or false if you do not have such a field.
Compared to ActiveDataProvider, ArrayDataProvider could be less efficient
because it needs to have [[allModels]] ready.
ArrayDataProvider may be used in the following way:
php
$query = new Query;
$provider = new ArrayDataProvider([
'allModels' => $query->from('post')->all(),
'sort' => [
'attributes' => ['id', 'username', 'email'],
],
'pagination' => [
'pageSize' => 10,
],
]);
get the posts in the current page
$posts = $provider->getModels();
Note: if you want to use the sorting feature, you must configure the [[sort]] property
so that the provider knows which columns can be sorted.
For more details and usage information on ArrayDataProvider, see the guide article on data providers.