render a view from another controller, yii

Question

The controller:

controllers
|-FooController.php
|-BarController.php

The views:

view
|-foo|
|    |-index.php
|    |-error.php
|
|-bar|
     |-index.php

How to render the error.php view with an action of the bar controller? I have tried:

$this->render('foo/error');

But it doesn't work.

try `$this->render('/foo/error')` – Kumar V Feb 11 '14 at 10:35 — Kumar V, Feb 11 '14 at 10:35

score 63 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 11 '14 at 10:39

63

try this

$this->render('//foo/error');

answered Feb 11 '14 at 10:39

Let me see

2

How this is handled in Yii2 is documented here: http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-structure-views.html#named-views – osullic Jul 12 '17 at 14:36
2

I confirm this works in Yii2, in case you don't want to read the doc – NaturalBornCamper May 28 '18 at 21:25

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 07 '19 at 17:46

2

If you don't echo it, you will get a blank page. The correct way is

<?=
   $this->render('//foo/error');
?>

or

<?php
     echo $this->render('//foo/error');
?>

This also works for Yii2

answered Aug 07 '19 at 17:46

ovicko

In Yii2 it's also working with a single `/` at the beginning, like: `= $this->render('/foo/error') ?>` – Ciprian Stoica Jun 19 '20 at 13:35

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