Module Layout - mymagic/open_hub GitHub Wiki

Pointing to a layout view file in module

You can define which layout to use in OpenHub's module controller in one of the following methods:

public $layout = 'backend';

Or

public function init()
{
    parent::init();
    $this->layout = 'backend';
    ....
}

• layouts.backend - using the layout named backend found in application layout directory (be it default or overridden)
• backend - using the layout named backend found in layout directory inside module
• application.views.layouts.backend - explicitly using the layout name backend in from the default application layout directory (Note: this is dangerous, as it will bypass the layout override and caused inconsistency)

Sample of layout view file in a module

In protected/modules/boilerplateStart/views/layouts/backend.php:

<?php Yii::app()->getClientScript()->registerCssFile($this->module->getAssetsUrl() . '/css/backend.css'); ?>
<?php Yii::app()->getClientScript()->registerScriptFile($this->module->getAssetsUrl() . '/javascript/backend.js', CClientScript::POS_END); ?>

<?php $this->beginContent('layouts.backend'); ?>
	<?php echo $content; ?>
<?php $this->endContent(); ?>

Notice the use of layouts.backend, it will automatically using the backend layout view file from application layout directory, be it the default or overridden.