[yii2-admin] how to create a menu with menu manager

AleCat83 · January 20, 2015, 1:45pm

Hello,

I’m building a web application using yii2 framework and yii2-admin extension.

I’m trying to create a new menu with the yii2-admin menu manager but I can’t find clear explenations on how to do this task.

Can someone explain me each step needed to create a menu with yii2-admin?

Thank you

Alessandro

korshak · January 20, 2015, 3:43pm

github.com

mdmsoft/yii2-admin/blob/master/docs/guide/using-menu.md

Using Menu
==========

Menu manager used for build hierarchical menu. This is automatically look of user 
role and permision then return menus that he has access.

```php
use mdm\admin\components\MenuHelper;
use yii\bootstrap\Nav;

echo Nav::widget([
    'items' => MenuHelper::getAssignedMenu(Yii::$app->user->id)
]);
```

Return of `mdm\admin\components\MenuHelper::getAssignedMenu()` has default format like:

```php
[
    [

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AleCat83 · January 20, 2015, 4:50pm

Hi, thank you for reply.

I’ve already read the official documentation but unfortunately can’t understand how this system work.

In particular:

Which files I need to create/edit? And where to save them?

How I bind a user role to a specific menu item?

Thank you

Alessandro

abed_el_salam · January 20, 2015, 6:01pm

Hi,

after install module and it works fine.

you should add routes to enable you to create menu items.

add routes (index.php?r=admin%2Froute%2Findex)

then go to menu (index.php?r=admin%2Fmenu%2Fcreate)

and start to create items, in Route field, you will see routes that you added.

final step: add this code in layout/main.php it will show menu items.


use mdm\admin\components\MenuHelper;

use yii\bootstrap\Nav;


echo Nav::widget([

    'items' => MenuHelper::getAssignedMenu(Yii::$app->user->id)

]);

many thanks

AleCat83 · January 21, 2015, 4:10pm

Abed Alzain:

Hi,

after install module and it works fine.

you should add routes to enable you to create menu items.

add routes (index.php?r=admin%2Froute%2Findex)

then go to menu (index.php?r=admin%2Fmenu%2Fcreate)

and start to create items, in Route field, you will see routes that you added.

final step: add this code in layout/main.php it will show menu items.
use mdm\admin\components\MenuHelper;

use yii\bootstrap\Nav;


echo Nav::widget([

    'items' => MenuHelper::getAssignedMenu(Yii::$app->user->id)

]);
but the menu doesn’t show. Maybe I need to add something in the config/web.php file?

many thanks

Hi, thank you for your reply.

I’ve added some routes from the avaliable list and then I’ve created 2 menu items as shown in the attachments.

After that I’ve added the following code in the layout/main.php


use mdm\admin\components\MenuHelper;

use yii\bootstrap\Nav;


echo Nav::widget([

    'items' => MenuHelper::getAssignedMenu(Yii::$app->user->id)

]);

maybe I need to add some code to the config/web.php file?

Thank you

Ale

AleCat83 · January 21, 2015, 4:15pm

Got it! I’ve forgot to add re routes to the user role!

Now it seems to work fine!

Thank you very much

Alessandro

abed_el_salam · January 21, 2015, 4:26pm

Great

AleCat83 · January 21, 2015, 4:51pm

I hav 2 other questions…

is it possible to add route and relative menu item for guests? I need to add the login menu item to not logged in guest
the logout route give me this error:




Method Not Allowed. This url can only handle the following request methods: POST.

is there a way to fix this?

Bambang_L_P_Sinaga · June 24, 2015, 8:01am

Hello,

I am trying yii2 admin.

how to show assign menu for user role, for example admin role.

I have configure layout/main.php and add two menu like AleCat83 do.

I have add also two routes that I used to create menu to add routes in role admin, but display no one.

Please help me…