Create file EnumData.php put in compoment class EnumData extends CHtml { public static function enumItem($model,$attribute) { $attr=$attribute; self::resolveName($model,$attr); preg_match('/((.*))/',$model->tableSchema->columns[$attr]->dbType,$matches); foreach(explode(',', $matches[1]) as $value) { $value=str_replace("'",null,$value); $values[$value]