Getting [Object object] when using ng-model on a named form

Question

If I have the following:

<form
    id="registration"
    name="registration"
    method="POST"
>

    <input
        type="text"
        name="first_name"
        id="first-name"
        ng-model="registration.first_name"
        placeholder="First name"
    />

When my form displays, fields configured as above end up having [Object object] inside of them for their initial value.

What am I doing wrong here and what's the correct way to get two-way binding inside of a form?

Answer 1

Setting the name attribute on a form creates a scope object which is useful for validation but is not meant to be used for the ng-model attributes of inputs.

If you use a separate scope variable for ng-model, it will work as you expect:

<form
    ...
    name="reg"
    ...
>

<input
    ...
    ng-model="registration.first_name"
    ...
/>

Demo