Cannot load form yii2 - php

Question

I am newbie to yii2. I am trying to create my simple form in yii2 to retrieve password. Here is class code:
<?php
namespace app\models;
use yii\base\Model;
class RetrievePasswordForm extends Model
{
public $email;
public function rules()
{
return [
['email', 'required'],
['email', 'email'],
];
}
}
Here is action code:
$model = new RetrievePasswordForm();
if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->validate()){
return $this->render('retrievepassword-confirm', ['model' => $model]);
} else {
return $this->render('retrievepassword', ['model' => $model]);
}
My form looks like this:
<?php
use yii\helpers\Html;
use yii\widgets\ActiveForm;
$this->title = 'Retrieve password';
$this->params['breadcrumbs'][] = $this->title;
?>
<h1><?= Html::encode($this->title) ?></h1>
<p>We will send link to retrieve your password to the following email:</p>
<?php $form = ActiveForm::begin(); ?>
<?= $form->field($model, 'email')->textInput(['style'=>'width:200px'])?>
<div class="form-group">
<?= Html::submitButton('Send', ['class' => 'btn btn-primary']) ?>
</div>
<?php ActiveForm::end(); ?>
The problem is that $model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) always returns false, so when I am clicking "submit" button, page just reloads.
I am currently working without database. I am just creating form and trying to go to another form, when valid data received in model. Thanks for help.

Answer 1

Try explicitally assign the method and the action to the active Form
Then Assuming that your target action is named actionRetrivePassword
<?php $form = ActiveForm::begin([
'method' => 'post',
'action' => Url::to(['/site/retrivepassword']
); ?>

Answer 2

I'll go with I feel it's wrong, if this doesn't help, please give more information.
It's a registration form, so I assume you need email and password for that (since you have those columns in database). But you also declared public member $email in your model. This removes any value associated to $email from database. Therefore, remove this line:
public $email;