Using the controller context in a view

Yii views are pretty powerful and have many features. One of them is that you can use controller context in a view. So, let's try it.

Getting ready

Set up a new application using yiic webapp.

How to do it...

1. Create a controller as follows:

   class WebsiteController extends CController
   {   
      function actionIndex()
      {
         $this->pageTitle = 'Controller context test';
         $this->render('index');
      }
   
      function hello()
      {
         if(!empty($_GET['name']))
            echo 'Hello, '.$_GET['name'].'!';
      }
   }

2. Now, we will create a view showing what we can do:

   <h1><?php echo $this->pageTitle?></h1>
   <p>Hello call. <?php $this->hello()?></p>
   <?php $this->widget('zii.widgets.CMenu',array(
      'items'=>array(
         array('label'=>'Home', 'url'=>array('index')),
         array('label'=>'Yiiframework home', 'url'=>'http://yiiframework.ru/'),
      ),
   ))?>

3. In order to test it you can follow /index.php...