Question

I need to set viewPath dynamically based on some conditions in a controller action. I am aware of a method by placing a method called getViewPath() in your controller as below:

public function getViewPath() {
  $controllername = $this->getId();
  $newPath = "application.views.extra";
  $newPath = YiiBase::getPathOfAlias($newPath);
    return $newPath;
}

But as i said earlier i need to set viewPath based on a condition. like this:

public function actionView($section) {
   switch ($section) {
     case 'yoga':
       $viewpath = 'yoga';
     break;

      case 'cycling':
        $viewpath = 'cycling';
      break;
   }

    // Now this should render from either:
    1.  protected/views/yoga/  
    2.  protected/views/cycling/
     $this->render('view');
}

Controller class has getViewPath() but not setViewPath() and viewPath property is also readonly.

Appreciate any help with this.

Answer 1

Using // in a render path defaults to protected/views/, so you can do the following:

public function actionView($section) {
   switch ($section) {
     case 'yoga':
       $viewpath = '//yoga/';
     break;

      case 'cycling':
        $viewpath = '//cycling/';
      break;
   }

    // Now this should render from either:
    //1.  protected/views/yoga/  
    //2.  protected/views/cycling/
     $this->render($viewpath.'view');
}