Html text field without model in Yii2

Question

I just switched to Yii2. How to make a text box as follows:

<?= $form->field($model, 'xxx') ?>

but without using any model?

Answer 1

Use yii\helpers\Htmland try something like:

<?= Html::textInput('xxx', value, options[]); ?>

textInput ()

Answer 2

I would add a label and a form-controlBootstrap class :

<?= Html::label('Person', 'xxx') ?>
<?= Html::textInput('xxx', value, ['class' => 'form-control']) ?>