Yii - URL Routing

To change the default route of the apppcation, you should configure the defaultRoute property.

Step 1 − Modify the config/web.php file in the following way.

<?php
   $params = require(__DIR__ .  /params.php );
   $config = [
       id  =>  basic ,
       basePath  => dirname(__DIR__),
       bootstrap  => [ log ],
       defaultRoute  =>  site/contact ,
       components  => [
         //other code
?>

Step 2 − Got to http://localhost:8080/index.php. You will see the default contact page.

To put your apppcation in maintenance mode temporarily, you should configure the yiiwebApppcation::$catchAll property.

Step 3 − Add the following function to the SiteController.

pubpc function actionMaintenance() {
   echo "<h1>Maintenance</h1>";
}

Step 4 − Then, modify the config/web.php file in the following way.

<?php
   $params = require(__DIR__ .  /params.php );
   $config = [
       id  =>  basic ,
       basePath  => dirname(__DIR__),
       bootstrap  => [ log ],
       catchAll  => [ site/maintenance ],
       components  => [
         //OTHER CODE

Step 5 − Now enter any URL of your apppcation, you will see the following.

Creating URLs

To create various kinds of URLs you may use the yiihelpersUrl::to() helper method. The following example assumes the default URL format is being used.

Step 1 − Add an actionRoutes() method to the SiteController.

pubpc function actionRoutes() {
   return $this->render( routes );
}

This method simply renders the routes view.

Step 2 − Inside the views/site directory, create a file called routes.php with the following code.

<?php
   use yiihelpersUrl;
?>

<h4>
   <b>Url::to([ post/index ]):</b>
   <?php
      // creates a URL to a route: /index.php?r = post/index
      echo Url::to([ post/index ]);
   ?>
</h4>

<h4>
   <b>Url::to([ post/view ,  id  => 100]):</b>
   <?php
      // creates a URL to a route with parameters: /index.php?r = post/view&id=100
      echo Url::to([ post/view ,  id  => 100]);
   ?>
</h4>

<h4>
   <b>Url::to([ post/view ,  id  => 100,  #  =>  content ]):</b>
   <?php
      // creates an anchored URL: /index.php?r = post/view&id=100#content
      echo Url::to([ post/view ,  id  => 100,  #  =>  content ]);
   ?>
</h4>

<h4>
   <b>Url::to([ post/index ], true):</b>
   <?php
      // creates an absolute URL: http://www.example.com/index.php?r=post/index
      echo Url::to([ post/index ], true);
   ?>
</h4>

<h4>
   <b>Url::to([ post/index ],  https ):</b>
   <?php
      // creates an absolute URL using the https scheme: https://www.example.com/index.php?r=post/index
      echo Url::to([ post/index ],  https );
   ?>
</h4>

Step 3 − Type http://localhost:8080/index.php?r=site/routes, you will see some uses of the to() function.

The route passed to the yiihelpersUrl::to() method can be relative or absolute according to the following rules −

if the route is empty, the currently requested route will be used.

if the route has no leading slash, it is considered to be a route relative to the current module.

if the route contains no slashes, it is considered to be an action ID of the current controller.

The yiihelpersUrl helper class also provides several useful methods.

Step 4 − Modify the routes View as given in the following code.

<?php
   use yiihelpersUrl;
?>

<h4>
   <b>Url::home():</b>
   <?php
      // home page URL: /index.php?r=site/index
      echo Url::home();
   ?>
</h4>
 
<h4>
   <b>Url::base():</b>
   <?php
      // the base URL, useful if the apppcation is deployed in a sub-folder of the Web root
      echo Url::base();
   ?>
</h4>
 
<h4>
   <b>Url::canonical():</b>
   <?php
      // the canonical URL of the currently requested URL
      // see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_pnk_element
      echo Url::canonical();
   ?>
</h4>
 
<h4>
   <b>Url::previous():</b>
   <?php
      // remember the currently requested URL and retrieve it back in later requests
      Url::remember();
      echo Url::previous();
   ?>
</h4>

Step 5 − If you enter the address http://localhost:8080/index.php?r=site/routes in the web browser, you will see the following.