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If you are coming over from Yii 1 - the concepts of tabular data handling remain the same as mentioned in the [Yii 1.x guide - collecting tabular input section](http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/form.table "").

The only differences in Yii 2 is that its much simpler due to available functions in the Model class for loading and validating models.

### OPTION 1: USING A PREBUILT SOLUTION
You can use a prebuilt solution to render and manage tabular data. You can use the [TabularForm widget](http://demos.krajee.com/builder-details/tabular-form "") or [yii2-dynamicform](https://github.com/wbraganca/yii2-dynamicform).

### OPTION 2: DOING IT YOURSELF
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// is of model class 'Item'.
// Note the getItemsToUpdate method is an example method, where you
// fetch the valid models to update in your tabular form. You need
 
    // to write such a method OR directly call your code to get the models.
$items=$this->getItemsToUpdate();
if (Model::loadMultiple($items, Yii::$app->request->post()) &&
Model::validateMultiple($items)) {
$count = 0;
foreach ($items as $item) {
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Tags: data, multiple, record, save, submission, tabular, validation, Yii, yii2
Written by: Kartik V
Last updated by: Said Bakr
Created on: May 6, 2014
Last updated: 8 years ago
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