schmunk42\giiant\generators\crud\ProviderTrait::columnFormat PHP Method

    public function columnFormat($attribute, $model = null)
    {
        if ($model === null) {
            $model = $this->modelClass;
        }
        $code = $this->callProviderQueue(__FUNCTION__, $attribute, $model, $this);
        if ($code !== null) {
            Yii::trace("found provider for '{$attribute}'", __METHOD__);
        } else {
            $code = $this->shorthandAttributeFormat($attribute, $model);
            Yii::trace("using standard formatting for '{$attribute}'", __METHOD__);
        }
        return $code;
    }