Scripts and Stylesheet files in head tag when using Layout

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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I’m creating view files in a folder in themes folder and using the layout file main.php. Different pages have different javascript files and stylesheet included in the head tag. How do I work out with this ? Include those in the content file or layout file ? If I include it in the content file then it will appear inside the body tag of the resulting page because main.php has the header, menu and footer of the whole website

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It’s really up to you. I’d say however, either:

  • put it in your view: you may then use CClientScript::POS_END (or else) to register your js files in the footer (after your other scripts referenced in protected/layouts/main.php), and POS_READY (or else) to register your js scripts in the $(document).ready() jQuery function

  • or put it in the main layout with some condition on controller and action ids, this could be interesting if these files are repeated through many views

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Hi shaani

there is method that you can use in your content file that will put your css files in header automatically

<?php Yii::app()->clientScript->registerCssFile(‘path/to/the/file’); ?>

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thanks