Where should I put images

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hi there,

I want to add an image to [font=“Courier New”]brandLabel[/font] but I’m unsure as to how I should add images to my Yii app.

Currently I’m creating an advanced app but I don’t know where I should put my images or how I reference an image from [font=“Courier New”]main.php[/font] where the [font=“Courier New”]NavBar[/font] is specified.

Can someone help me out?

2

Usually, I make resources folder in webroot folder where I keep all JS, CSS and ICONS. If you want to display image from this folder you can do it this way:


<img src='<?php echo Yii::app()->request->getBaseUrl(true); ?>/resources/images/productImage.jpg' />
3

There are no any rules based to keep your image folders.

However, it is easy to fetch directory that is in your root of web-server ex: inside "public_HTML". But it is not a compulsion, it depends in how you fetch and what parameter and logic you use to fetch images.

Suppose you have a theme folder that is rendering layout and view style to your files then you can keep you image folder there also and call it to display using


<?php echo Yii::app()->theme->baseUrl; ?>/images/logo.jpg" />

but for this you need to add a small chunk of code in your config/main.php file that tells your application where should it get themes from




// This is the main Web application configuration. Any writable

// CWebApplication properties can be configured here.

return array(

    'basePath' => dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..',

    'name' => 'Your Site',

    'theme' => 'frontend',

So it depends in your logic and your programming standerd.

You can also use the syntax DURI gave you but you can also do it in complex ways.

4
  1. Add to main.php in params section

'upload_dir' => '/var/home/www/main_site_root_directory/upload/', // for woring with paths

'upload_url' => '/upload/', // for working with urls
  1. Then use it in your project something like this:



class SomeModel extends CActiveRecord {

   public static $dir = 'brandlabel';


   public static function getBrandLabelUploadDir(){

      return Yii::app()->params['upload_dir'].self::$dir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;

   }


   public static function getBrandLabelUploadUrl(){

      return Yii::app()->params['upload_url'].self::$dir.'/';

   }

}