How to create a multi-model form in Yii? I searched the entire documentation of Yii, but got no interesting results. Can some one give me some direction or thoughts about that? Any help will be appreciable.
In my expirience i got this solution to work and quickly understandable
You have two models for data you wish collect. Let's say Person
and Vehicle
.
In your controller create model objects:
public function actionCreate() {
$Person = new Person;
$Vehicle = new Vehicle;
//.. see step nr.3
$this->render('create',array(
'Person'=>$Person,
'Vehicle'=>$Vehicle)
);
}
//..define form
echo CHtml::activeTextField($Person,'name');
echo CHtml::activeTextField($Person,'address');
// other fields..
echo CHtml::activeTextField($Vehicle,'type');
echo CHtml::activeTextField($Vehicle,'number');
//..enter other fields and end form
put some labels and design in your view ;)
on $_POST
actionand now go back to your controller and write funcionality for POST action
if (isset($_POST['Person']) && isset($_POST['Vehicle'])) {
$Person = $_POST['Person']; //dont forget to sanitize values
$Vehicle = $_POST['Vehicle']; //dont forget to sanitize values
/*
Do $Person->save() and $Vehicle->save() separately
OR
use Transaction module to save both (or save none on error)
http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/database.dao#using-transactions
*/
}
else {
Yii::app()->user->setFlash('error','You must enter both data for Person and Vehicle');
// or just skip `else` block and put some form error box in the view file
}