How to change layout of my module in my project

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1

Hello, everybody,

I created my e-shop module, but I have a problem. To make this module reusable I need to define the layout in the project and not in the module as it is currently the case for my connection system.

But I don’t know how to do this I tried several things, extending the module controller and defining the layout but without success. I could rewrite the action in question to adapt the layout however it wouldn’t make sense for a module to rewrite a controller.

To give an example i have my UserController in my module with the basic actions actionLogin actionRequest actionRegister with no layout assigned.

and in my project I have extended the UserController with an init() function:

public function init()
{
    $this->layout = '@app/views/layouts/blank';
    parent::init();
}

but it doesn’t work.

If you have documentation or a track I’m interested.

Thank you very much for reading me. And sorry for my poor English.

2

Call parent first?

3

it does not work

class UserController extends \shop\frontend\controllers\UserController
{
    public function init()
    {
        parent::init();
        $this->layout = '@app/views/layouts/blank';
    }
}
4

Extend render()?
https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/2.0/yii-base-controller#render()-detail

5

the render() is specified in module actions such as this one :

public function actionLogin()
{
    if (!Yii::$app->user->getIsGuest()) {
        return $this->goHome();
    }

    $loginForm = new \shop\models\Form\LoginForm();
    if ($loginForm->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $loginForm->login()) {
        return $this->goBack();
    }
    return $this->render('login', ['model' => $loginForm]);
}

or maybe I didn’t understand your point?

6

Same way as your init() but try render() instead. (guessing, not tried)

7

I’ve tried different ways, but nothing works.

return $this->render('@app/views/layouts/blank');

I came to wonder if what I was doing in my controller that extends my UserController actions was being read.

it may be a little more complex. Each part of the module is managing a view that I have modified in the project like this:

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Can we also apply a layout to these views? how to make my extended controller read before the main controller in the module.

I might get lost.

8

I don’t know about the view thing so far, but I tried to change the layout in a module.
(I don’t have my own module so I tried gii DefaultController)
Use the Yii debugger to check which layout file is loaded.
(last two lines in Logs are view and layout).

9

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it’s the default layout. my controller extends is not read.

10

I found the solution! If my controller wasn’t read it’s because the project view is in the folder: /modules/shop/user.

I took out the user folder to go to the root of the views folder and it works perfectly, it takes into account my layout.

Thank you @tri for your help it allowed me to think differently I don’t know yet if it’s the right solution but for the moment it works perfectly !