Use session instead of stateful forms

Published on 8/10/2011

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Here’s why:

1. If you decide to use AJAX later on (in particular I mean to HIJAX your forms), you’ll have to set and get the YII_PAGE_STATE variable for every action, which is a pain in the ass.
2. page state is broken when you try to use partial rendering. Even if the partially rendered form is a complete CActiveForm, YII_PAGE_STATE will end up blank.

I am referring to pages that post back to themselves and that have related sub-items for which you need to maintain state.

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