Question

Controller Action

public function actionCreate()
{
    $model=new News;
    $contentModel = new NewsContent;
    // if I do a `var_dump( $contentModel )` here, I get variable dump correctly

    $this->render('create',array(
        'model'=>$model,
        'contentModel'=>$contentModel,
    ));
}

View

<?php var_dump( $model ); // dumps the variable correctly ?> 
<?php var_dump( $contentModel ); // dumps null ?>

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So why is contentModel not being passed to the view and model is?

Note that I have verified that I am referencing the correct view. I have tested this by not passing the model variable and seeing a null dumped in place of original variable dump in the view

Answer 1

Both actionCreate and actionUpdate render the create and update views respectively, but both views also partially render the _form view, where basically everything is displayed.

Also, take a look at this, it helped me a lot when I was getting to know Yii. Understanding the view rendering flow