Submit A Form From Layouts/main.php

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Can we submit a form from the layouts/main.php? If so can anyone give a flow on submitting from the layouts/main.php. I don’t want Ajax submission, i expect a way of direct post to the controller action.

Thanks in advance

2

Hi,

Is any one aware of this , i have posted it a long time ago and i see no replies.

3

It’s no good idea to place a form in layouts/main.php.

The layout should only be used as wrapper for the controller views and add the common elements of all views (header, metatags, including css …).

See Basics Views

4

How do i continue if i have my login on the header? Any ideas?

5

Depends on:

  • What do you want to display instead of the loginform, if the user is logged in?

  • The logout button?

  • Visible on each page of your application?

6

A possible solution:

I would not place the loginform directly in the layouts/main.php, but do a renderPartial




<html>

<head>

...

</head>

<body>

<?php

  if(Yii::app()->user->getIsGuest())

    $this->renderPartial('application.views.site.login'); //the standard loginform of the SiteController


//or $this->renderPartial('application.views.site._frontendlogin'); //an extra login view for the frontend 


//or $this->renderPartial('//layouts/_loginform'); //place an extra loginform in the layouts folder


...

The "_" indicates that the view is included by renderPartial.

7

Convention not requirement, but a good idea.

8

Okay, Thank you guys for the posts.