Validation with scenario not working Yii 2 - php

Question

The idea here is to insert in two different tables parameters using SCENARIO, first register the customer with their parameters and then register the order that belongs to a customer, all in just one form.
I'm sending a form with several parameters, some will be used in the insertion of a customer using scenario, and the other parameters I will use in order (I did this so I do not have to create two forms) the parameters are being correctly sent through POST together with the csrf.
public function createOrder()
{
//$customer = Customer::find()->where(['email' => $params->email])->limit(1)->asArray()->all();
$customer = new Customer;
$customer->load(Yii::$app->request->post());
$customer->scenario = 'create';
if($customer->validate()){
$customer->save();
vdp($customer);
} else{
vdpd($customer->getErrors());
}
die;
}
This returns me an array saying that the Name, email, address, cell, phone, city, etc parameters can not be left blank.
In my customer model:
const SCENARIO_CREATE = 'create';
public function scenarios()
{
$scenarios = parent::scenarios();
$scenarios[self::SCENARIO_CREATE] = ['name', 'email', 'public_place', 'cell_phone', 'phone', 'city', 'cep', 'state', 'neighborhood', 'number', 'complement'];
return $scenarios;
}

Answer 1

Controller
public function actionCreateOrder()
{
$customer = new Customer;
$customer->setScenario(Customer::SCENARIO_CREATE);
if($customer->load(Yii::$app->request->post())
if($customer->save()){
vdp($customer);
} else {
vdpd($customer->getErrors());
}
}
die;
}
MODEL
const SCENARIO_CREATE = 'create';
public function rules()
{
return [
[['name', 'email', 'address'], 'required', 'on' => self::SCENARIO_CREATE], // Add more required fields on 'create' scenario.
... // some more rules
];
}
public function scenarios()
{
$scenarios = parent::scenarios();
$scenarios[self::SCENARIO_CREATE] = ['name', 'email', 'public_place', 'cell_phone', 'phone', 'city', 'cep', 'state', 'neighborhood', 'number', 'complement'];
return $scenarios;
}

Answer 2

1) createOrder() should be actionCreateOrder() in controller, not in model.
2)
$customer->load(Yii::$app->request->post());
$customer->scenario = 'create';
if ($customer->validate()) {
...
should be
$customer->scenario = Customer::SCENARIO_CREATE;
if ($customer->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $customer->validate()) { ... }
Because load method loads attributes for the current scenario and there is no need to run validation before the model is loaded. See the example.
3) Declare rules for your attributes in Customer model.

Answer 3

You need to set $scenario before load() call. Scenario defines attributes, that can be set by load(), so you're doing it too late and it has no effect. Try this:
$customer = new Customer;
$customer->scenario = 'create';
$customer->load(Yii::$app->request->post());