Now that we have all the basic features on our product, we need users to use them! In order to do that, we need to allow them to register and have an account on the social network.

Until now, all the forms we created are fairly simple, but by the end of this chapter, you will know how to deal with complex forms with the validation for each field, custom error messages, and its proper handling at the frontend. You will also learn how to use the ZendCrypt component in order to encrypt the user's password in a really secure way. For the signup form, we will also see how to switch the default layout to another one when needed.

Overview

The signup form looks similar to the following screenshot, including the error messages: