Two Activerecord Models Or One Formmodel?

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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I have a User model that stores username and password, and a UserProfile model that stores things such as first and last name.

When I create my signup form, should I create a Signup model that collects information for both User and UserProfile models, or can I pass both models into my Signup view?

2

you don’t have to create a SignupForm model just create the form in your signup view and collect the data in you controller since you already have models for User and UserProfile

3

That’s what I figured, but only after… I started to create a Signup form, but realized it was most likely the wrong choice because I was repeating in the new model what I already had in User and UserProfile.

4

See this wiki:

How to use a single form to collect data for two or more models?