order place() and order save()

Question

I found this code at Multishipping.php, but i dont know what the function, is save() function is saving the order?

Multishipping.php :

$order->place();
$order->save();

And how could i save an order to database 2 times?

Answer 1

Shortly,

• $order->place(); => processing payment.

• $order->save(); => saving order data.