Following basic items good to keep in notes during Yii 2 based web development.
Generating link:
<?= Html::a('Home', ['site/index'], ['class' => 'class-name'])?>
Generating image link:
<?php $logo = Html::img(\Yii::$app>request->BaseUrl . '/images/logo.png', ['class' => 'img-responsive', 'alt' => 'Logo', 'title' => 'Company logo' ]); echo Html::a($logo, ['site/index'], ['class' => 'class-name']); ?>
Hiding the input field label name:
<?= $form->field($model, 'sample_text')->textArea()->label(false) ?>
Add custom layout in controller function:
$this->layout = 'new-layout';
Work with verb filter:
In controller header, add following:
use yii\filters\VerbFilter;
Inside behavior function add following:
public function behaviors(){
return [
'verbs' => [
'class' => VerbFilter::className(),
'actions' => [
//'logout' => ['post'], Note: Here, you can declare verb name for any specific function. But if you already declared in view file using i.e. echo Html::a('Logout',
['site/logout'], ['data-method' => 'post']); then you don't need to mention the verb name again here. If you do then it will display error message.
],
],
];
}
Add icon before href title name:
<?= Html::a('<i class="glyphicon glyphicon-dashboard d-icon"></i>' . ' Admin Dashboard', ['site/admin-dashboard']) ?>
Render any view file from view:
<?= Yii::$app->view->renderFile('@app/views/site/_admin-view.php'); ?>