Question

If I have a view with two or more words, e.g.:

public function actionApprovalQueue()

what is the naming convention of the view file itself?

approval-queue.php
approvalQueue.php
approvalqueue.php
??

The documentation on Conventions only says:

View files should be named after the view name. For example, the index
view is in the index.php file.

which gives no clue about views with two or more words.

Answer 1

When it comes to naming conventions, it comes down to what suits your organisation, or what is followed in your organisation, or what the rest of your team decides. The key is consistency throughout your code base.

I would say go with the dash(hyphen), because variables are generally named $xyzAbc or $xyz_abc. So it would make sense to use approval-queue.php.

Definitely do not go for approvalqueue.php.

Edit: Read more about Yii’s conventions here.