Update EditableAction.php

Author: Igor Chepurnoy

EditableAction.php

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ class EditableAction extends Action
      * @var bool whether to create a model if a primary key parameter was not found.
      */
     public $forceCreate = true;
+    /**
+     * @var string default pk column name
+     */
+    public $pkColumn = 'id';
 
     /**
      * @inheritdoc
@@ -52,6 +56,11 @@ public function run()
         $class = $this->modelClass;
         $pk = Yii::$app->request->post('pk');
         $attribute = Yii::$app->request->post('name');
+        //For attributes with format - relationName.attributeName 
+        if (strpos($attribute, '.')) {
+            $attributeParts = explode('.', $attribute);
+            $attribute = array_pop($attributeParts);
+        }
         $value = Yii::$app->request->post('value');
         if ($attribute === null) {
             throw new BadRequestHttpException("Attribute cannot be empty.");
@@ -60,7 +69,7 @@ public function run()
             throw new BadRequestHttpException("Value cannot be empty.");
         }
         /** @var \Yii\db\ActiveRecord $model */
-        $model = $class::findOne($pk);
+        $model = $class::findOne([$this->pkColumn => $pk]);
         if (!$model) {
             if ($this->forceCreate) { // only useful for models with one editable attribute or no validations
                 $model = new $class;
@@ -75,7 +84,6 @@ public function run()
         if ($this->scenario !== null) {
             $model->setScenario($this->scenario);
         }
-        //Collect attributes
         $model->$attribute = $value;
 
         if ($model->validate([$attribute])) {