Providing your own URL rules at runtime

When you are developing an application with a pluggable module architecture, you most likely need to somehow inject your module-specific rules into an existing application.

Getting ready

1. Set up a new application using yiic webapp.

2. Add .htaccess, shown in the official URL management guide to your webroot folder.

3. Uncomment the urlManager section in protected/config/main.php and add 'showScriptName' => false.

4. Generate the page module using Gii. You need to uncomment the gii section under modules and set a password. Then, open http://localhost/gii in your browser.

5. Don't forget to add your new module to the modules list in your application configuration.

The Yii code generator is shown in the following screenshot:

How to do it...

1. Create ModuleUrlManager.php in your protected/components directory with the following code inside it:

   <?php
   class ModuleUrlManager
   {
     static function collectRules()
     {
       if(!empty(Yii::app()->modules))
       {
          foreach(Yii...