public function actionSubcat()
 {
     $out = [];
     $isEmpty = true;
     if (isset($_POST['depdrop_parents'])) {
         $parents = $_POST['depdrop_parents'];
         if ($parents != null) {
             $cat_id = $parents[0];
             $out = Group::getDropDownList($cat_id);
             //$out = [['id'=>'1', 'name'=>$cat_id],['id'=>'2', 'name'=>json_encode(Group::getDropDownList($cat_id))]];
             $isEmpty = false;
             $selected = '';
             if (!empty($_POST['depdrop_params'])) {
                 $params = $_POST['depdrop_params'];
                 $selected = $params[0];
                 // get the value of input-type-1
                 $param2 = $params[1];
                 // get the value of input-type-2
             }
             echo Json::encode(['output' => $out, 'selected' => $selected]);
         }
     }
     if ($isEmpty) {
         echo Json::encode(['output' => [['id' => '1', 'name' => '<sub-cat-name1>'], ['id' => '2', 'name' => '<sub-cat-name2>']], 'selected' => '']);
     }
 }