Yii 2 rendering with layout in places other than controller

rockccf · March 27, 2018, 2:43pm

Hi All,

I understand that Yii2 has a method to render in other places.

echo \Yii::$app->view->renderFile(’@app/views/site/license.php’);

But by calling that, the layout file will not be applied.

Is there any ways to do so? To render with layout in other places.

Thanks.

jimgwhit · March 27, 2018, 8:29pm

I do this at times:


<?php echo \Yii::$app->view->renderFile(Yii::getAlias('@app') . '/views/layouts/dpag.php'); ?>

Seems to work for me.

rockccf · March 28, 2018, 7:44am

I am not sure if that will work for my case.

You’re writing to render the layout explicitly, do you write another line to render the body view file?

softark · March 28, 2018, 8:13am

Hi rockccf,

Check Controller::layout in the API.

https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/2.0/yii-base-controller#$layout-detail

pls-kick-me · March 28, 2018, 8:15am

github.com

yiisoft/yii2/blob/master/framework/base/Controller.php#L344


/**
 * Returns the route of the current request.
 * @return string the route (module ID, controller ID and action ID) of the current request.
 */
public function getRoute()
{
    return $this->action !== null ? $this->action->getUniqueId() : $this->getUniqueId();
}


/**
 * Renders a view and applies layout if available.
 *
 * The view to be rendered can be specified in one of the following formats:
 *
 * - [path alias](guide:concept-aliases) (e.g. "@app/views/site/index");
 * - absolute path within application (e.g. "//site/index"): the view name starts with double slashes.
 *   The actual view file will be looked for under the [[Application::viewPath|view path]] of the application.
 * - absolute path within module (e.g. "/site/index"): the view name starts with a single slash.
 *   The actual view file will be looked for under the [[Module::viewPath|view path]] of [[module]].
 * - relative path (e.g. "index"): the actual view file will be looked for under [[viewPath]].
 *

rockccf · March 28, 2018, 8:38am

Hi everyone,

I’ve figured it out.

Instead of using the view component, use controller instead.


Yii::$app->controller->layout = $layout; //Setting the layout

$html = Yii::$app->controller->render($view, $content);

Thanks.