One or more model in one controller

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1

I have one controller, two models, one view and two collections(Information and Address) in mongodb. I have created one form and want to store the information into two collections. How can i solve this. Can i use two models in one controller?

I have tried something, is it correct?




class UpdateController extends \yii\web\Controller

{

    public function actionIndex()

    {

		

        $model = new HomeAddress();

		$model1 = new Address();

        if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->toSave() && $model1->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model1->toSave()) {

            Yii::$app->session->setFlash('contactFormSubmitted');

			return $this->refresh();

			}else{

			return $this->render('index',['model' => $model,]);

		}

    }


}

Below i have attached screenshot of view form, in that left part(Information) details want to store Information collection and right part(Address) want to store Address collection. For this i have created also two models.

2

Hi,

Yes you can use one or more models in one controller.

Read:

http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/19/how-to-use-a-single-form-to-collect-data-for-two-or-more-models

This is for Yii 1.1 - but it should show you one principle how to do it.

And it should not be difficult to adapt this for Yii 2.

Regards

3

I have created like this,

cnotroller





class UpdateController extends \yii\web\Controller

{

    public function actionIndex()

    {

       $homeaddress = new HomeAddress();

       $address = new Address();

       if ($homeaddress->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) &&  $address->load(Yii::$app->request->post())){

			

        $toSave = $homeaddress->toSave();

	$toSave = $address->toSave();

	if($toSave){

	$homeaddress->save(false);

	$address->save(false);

				

     return $this->render('index',['homeaddress' => $homeaddress,'address'=>$address]);

}

		

    }


}

models are like this





class HomeAddress extends \yii\mongodb\ActiveRecord

{

    /**

     * @inheritdoc

     */

    public static function collectionName()

    {

		

        return ['user_information', 'Information'];

    }


    /**

     * @inheritdoc

     */

    public function attributes()

    {

		

        return [

            '_id',

			'name',

			'mobile',

			'email',

        ];

    }


    /**

     * @inheritdoc

     */

    public function rules()

    {

		

        return [

            [['name','mobile','email'], 'safe']

        ];

    }


    /**

     * @inheritdoc

     */

    public function attributeLabels()

    {

		

        return [

            '_id' => 'ID',

			'name' => 'Name',

			'mobile' => 'Mobile',

			'email' => 'Email',

            

        ];

    }

	public function toSave()

	{

		

		if($this->validate()){

			$homeaddress = new HomeAddress();

			$homeaddress->name= $this->name;

			$homeaddress->mobile= $this->mobile;

			$homeaddress->email= $this->email;

			$homeaddress->save();

			return true;

		}else{

		return false;

		}

	

	}

	

}










class Address extends \yii\mongodb\ActiveRecord

{

    /**

     * @inheritdoc

     */

    public static function collectionName()

    {

        return ['user_information', 'Address'];

    }


    /**

     * @inheritdoc

     */

    public function attributes()

    {

        return [

            '_id',

            'address1',

            'address2',

            'city',

            'state',

        ];

    }


    /**

     * @inheritdoc

     */

    public function rules()

    {

        return [

            [['address1', 'address2', 'city', 'state'], 'safe']

        ];

    }


    /**

     * @inheritdoc

     */

    public function attributeLabels()

    {

        return [

            '_id' => 'ID',

            'address1' => 'Address1',

            'address2' => 'Address2',

            'city' => 'City',

            'state' => 'State',

        ];

    }

	public function toSave()

	{

		if($this->validate()){

			$address = new Address();

			$address->address1= $this->address1;

			$address->address2= $this->address2;

			$address->city= $this->city;

			$address->state= $this->state;

			$address->save();

		      return true;

		}else{

		return false;

		}

	

	}

	

}

But after this when i run the controller action it shows blank on browser,It doesn’t going to models.

4

Hey,

Why exactyl do you have written this "toSave()" functions?

Keep it simple and stick to the example given.

It should look something like this:




public function actionCreate()

{

    $homeaddress = new HomeAddress();

    $address = new Address();

    

    // if something was send via post

    if(Yii::$app->request->post()){

        

        // load post data into models 

        $homeaddress->load(Yii::$app->request->post()); 

        $address->load(Yii::$app->request->post()); 

        

        // validate the models 

        $isValid = $homeaddress->validate(); 

        $isValid = $address->validate() && $isValid;

        

        // if both models are valid

        if($isValid){

        

            // save both models the "false" deactivates validation

            $homeaddress->save(false); 

            $address->save(false);

            

            // render the view which should come after successfull input

            return $this->render('view', ['homeaddress' => $homeaddress,'address'=>$address]);

               

        }

        

        // render the input form of the both models 

        return $this->render('myInputForm', ['homeaddress' => $homeaddress,'address'=>$address]);

    }

}

No extra functions needed.

Also:

Should the models somehow be related? …

If yes where / how is the relation defined?

Regards

5

Problem solved, data collected by form is stored in both collections, Thank You…