Yii multi page form wizard

Controller

<?php if (isset($_POST['cancel'])) { $this->redirect(array('home')); } elseif (isset($_POST['step2'])) { $this->setPageState('step1',$_POST['Model']); // save step1 into form state $model=new Model('step1'); $model->attributes = $_POST['Model']; if($model->validate()) $this->renderPartial('form2',array('model'=>$model)); else $this->renderPartial('form1',array('model'=>$model)); } elseif (isset($_POST['finish'])) { $model=new Model('finish'); $model->attributes = $this->getPageState('step1',array()); //get the info from step 1 $model->attributes = $_POST['Model']; // then the info from step2 if ($model->save()) $this->redirect(array('home')); else $this->renderPartial('form2',array('model'=>$model)); } else { // this is the default, first time (step1) $model=new Model('new'); $this->renderPartial('form1',array('model'=>$model)); } ?>

Form 1:

<?php $form=$this->beginWidget('CActiveForm', array( 'enableAjaxValidation'=>false, 'id'=>'model-form', 'stateful'=>true, ));?> <!-- form1 fields go here --> <?php echo CHtml::submitButton("Cancel",array('name'=>'cancel')); echo CHtml::submitButton("On to Step 2 >",array('name'=>'step2')); $this->endWidget(); ?>

Form 2:

<?php $form=$this->beginWidget('CActiveForm', array( 'enableAjaxValidation'=>false, 'id'=>'model-form', 'stateful'=>true, ));?> <!-- form2 fields go here --> <?php echo CHtml::submitButton("Back to Step 1",array('name'=>'step1')); echo CHtml::submitButton("Finish",array('name'=>'finish')); $this->endWidget(); ?>