joinWith('lang', 'parent.lang'); // add conditions that should always apply here $dataProvider = new ActiveDataProvider( [ 'query' => $query, 'sort' => [ 'attributes' => [ 'title' => [ 'asc' => [ 'blog_category_lang.title' => SORT_ASC ], 'desc' => [ 'blog_category_lang.title' => SORT_DESC ], ], 'id', ], ], ] ); $this->load($params); if (!$this->validate()) { // uncomment the following line if you do not want to return any records when validation fails // $query->where('0=1'); return $dataProvider; } // grid filtering conditions $query->andFilterWhere( [ 'blog_category.id' => $this->id, 'sort' => $this->sort, 'parent_id' => $this->parent_id, 'status' => $this->status, ] ); $query->andFilterWhere( [ 'like', 'blog_category_lang.title', $this->title, ] ); return $dataProvider; } }