Question

I have two models namely acl and user. Each have there own set of validation rules. I however use all input fields within one form.

In the UserController I have two ajax validation methods within the createAction method

This looks like this

 public function actionCreate()
    {
            $model=new user;
            $acl = new acl;


            // Uncomment the following line if AJAX validation is needed

                    $this->performAjaxValidation1($acl);

                    $this->performAjaxValidation($model);



            //$this->performAjaxValidation1($acl);

            //$valid=$model->validate();
            //$valid=$acl->validate() && $valid;



            if(isset($_POST['user'], $_POST['acl']))
            {
                    $model->attributes=$_POST['user'];
                    $acl->attributes=$_POST['acl'];
                    if($model->save() && $acl->save())
                            $this->redirect(array('view','id'=>$model->id));
            }

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

AjaxValidation

 protected function performAjaxValidation($model)
    {
            if(isset($_POST['ajax']) && $_POST['ajax']==='user-form')
            {
                    echo CActiveForm::validate($model);
                    Yii::app()->end();
            }
    }

    /**
     * Performs the AJAX validation.
     * @param CModel the model to be validated
     */
    protected function performAjaxValidation1($acl)
    {
            if(isset($_POST['ajax']) && $_POST['ajax']==='user-form')
            {
                    echo CActiveForm::validate($acl);
                    Yii::app()->end();
            }
    }

Only one form is validating
can anyone sugges

Answer 1

From the CActiveForm‘s validate() documnentation, you can pass an array of models. You only need to declare one ajax validation function. Below is the modified code

Controller Action

 public function actionCreate()
    {
            $model=new user;
            $acl = new acl;


            // Uncomment the following line if AJAX validation is needed

             $this->performAjaxValidation(array($acl,$model));//pass the models as array







            if(isset($_POST['user'], $_POST['acl']))
            {
                    $model->attributes=$_POST['user'];
                    $acl->attributes=$_POST['acl'];
                    if($model->save() && $acl->save())
                            $this->redirect(array('view','id'=>$model->id));
            }

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

Ajax Validation function

protected function performAjaxValidation($model)
    {
            if(isset($_POST['ajax']) && $_POST['ajax']==='user-form')
            {
                    echo CActiveForm::validate($model);
                    Yii::app()->end();
            }
    }