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solutosoft/yii-linkmany
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Load, validate and save automatically related Active Record models

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Yii LinkMany
============

[](#yii-linkmany)

Load, validate and save automatically `hasMany` relations.

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist solutosoft/yii-linkmany

```

or add

```
"solutosoft/yii-linkmany": "*"
```

to the require section of your composer.json.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This extension provides support for ActiveRecord `hasMany` relation saving. This support is granted via \[\[\\solutosoft\\linkmany\\LinkManyBehavior\]\] ActiveRecord behavior. You'll need to attach it to your ActiveRecord class and point the target "has-many" relation for it:

```
class Post extends ActiveRecord
{
    public function behaviors()
    {
        return [
            'linkManyBehavior' => [
                'class' => LinkManyBehavior::class,
                'relations' => [
                    'tags',
                    'messages' => [
                        'formName'  => 'Post[messages]',
                        'validate' => false,
                        'deleteOnUnlink' => false
                    ]
                ]
            ],
        ];
    }

    public function getMessages()
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Message::class, ['post_id' => 'id']);
    }

    public function getTags()
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Tag::class, ['id' => 'tag_id'])
            ->viaTable('post_tag', ['post_id' => 'id']);
    }
}
```

Being attached \[\[\\solutosoft\\linkmany\\LinkManyBehavior\]\] you can load data using the method \[\[\\solutosoft\\linkmany\\LinkManyBehavior::fill\]\]

```
use yii\web\Controller;

class PostController extends Controller
{
    public function actionCreate()
    {
        $model = new Post();

        /**
         * $_POST could be something like:
         * [
         *     'tags' => [1,2]
         *     'comments' => [
         *         [
         *             'subject' => 'First comment',
         *             'content' => 'This is de fist comment',
         *         ], [
         *             'subject' => 'Second comment',
         *             'content' => 'This is de second comment',
         *         ]
         *     ]
         * ];
         */
        if ($model->fill(Yii::$app->request->post())) {
            $model->save(); // save the model and relations
            return $this->redirect(['view']);
        }

        return $this->render('create', [
            'model' => $model,
        ]);
    }
}
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

This Package is inspired by:

- [la-haute-societe/yii2-save-relations-behavior](https://github.com/la-haute-societe/yii2-save-relations-behavior)
- [yii2tech/ar-linkmany](https://github.com/yii2tech/ar-linkmany).

I wanted to have a combination of both. Thanks to both authors.

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance46

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~285 days

Total

8

Last Release

417d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

activerecordhasmanyrelationsrelationshipsyii2yii2-extensionyii2Behavioractive-recordloadrelationfill

###  Code Quality

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