Load virtual attribute into model?

Yii 2.0 General Discussions
1

I’m very new to PHP frameworks, so this might be a simple question.

I have a [font="Courier New"]User[/font] model class which has a [font="Courier New"]password2[/font] virtual attribute so that [font="Courier New"]password[/font] can be verified against [font="Courier New"]password2[/font].


class Usager extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord

{

	public $password2;

}

When I call [font="Courier New"]$model->load()[/font], it does not populate the [font="Courier New"]password2[/font] attribute. It is in [font="Courier New"]$request->post()[/font]. The only way I found was to do it manually like this, but I feel this is not the best solution.


$model->load($request->post());

$model->password2 = $request->post($model->formName())['password2'];

I also have the same situation in a [font="Courier New"]UserSearch[/font] model class where I have a [font="Courier New"]keyword[/font] attribute that searches in [font="Courier New"]firstName[/font] and [font="Courier New"]lastName[/font] columns in the database.

What is the proper way to do this?

2

This is maybe because the attribute password2 is not "safe" (security).

You have to include it into the rules fo the model :




public function rules()

{

  return [

    ...

    ['password2', 'safe'],

  ];

}

If the attribute is not safe, it will not be populated for security reason.

You can use the validator "compare" in your case : http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-tutorial-core-validators.html#compare

3

That worked, thanks! I read a little bit more in the manual about safe rules and it all makes sense now.