FOSUserBundle or PUGXMultiUserBundle to have two different user profiles (Symfony2)

Question

I\'m doubtful about how to approach this problem:

My Symfony2 app for this issue has two different profiles, name \'em \"Seller\" and \"Buyer\". The goal is to keep

Answer 1

I would definitely use the PUGXMultiUserBundle for that. I don't think it's a hack, it just implements a discrimination table that will be like:

1User Table

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| id  | username  |  type  |------------
|-----|-----------|--------|------------
|  1  |  mgdepoo  | buyer  |------------
|  2  | Sydney_o9 | seller |------------
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2Buyer Table

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| id  |  buyer_specific_field_1
|-----|---------------------------------
|  1  |  
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3Seller Table

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| id  |  seller_specific_field_1
|-----|---------------------------------
|  2  |  
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That's all there is really.

I think that's exactly what you need especially if you wish to have different profiles for your users. You will have 2 registration forms as well (but you can make one with a choice box buyer/seller if you want to).

I personally use this bundle and it works great for me. Now, one of the question you might want to ask yourself is what if a buyer wants to be a seller as well. Does he want to have another email address? That is a choice that you'll have to make.