Class yii\data\ActiveDataProvider

ActiveDataProvider implements a data provider based on yii\db\Query and yii\db\ActiveQuery.

ActiveDataProvider provides data by performing DB queries using $query.

The following is an example of using ActiveDataProvider to provide ActiveRecord instances:

$provider = new ActiveDataProvider([
    'query' => Post::find(),
    'pagination' => [
        'pageSize' => 20,
    ],
]);

// get the posts in the current page
$posts = $provider->getModels();

And the following example shows how to use ActiveDataProvider without ActiveRecord:

$query = new Query();
$provider = new ActiveDataProvider([
    'query' => $query->from('post'),
    'pagination' => [
        'pageSize' => 20,
    ],
]);

// get the posts in the current page
$posts = $provider->getModels();

For more details and usage information on ActiveDataProvider, see the guide article on data providers.