From ac2f6a33656defb4b76a673902b68e0c448996a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitrii Derepko <xepozz@list.ru>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:31:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Improve view function

---
 README.md    | 5 +++--
 src/view.php | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0bd1b45..a09643d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,16 +40,17 @@ route('user/view', ['id' => 1]); // => '/user/1'
 route('site/index', [], ['page' => 2]); // => '/index?page=2'
 ```
 
-### `view(string $view, array $params = [], ?object $controller = null): \Yiisoft\DataResponse\DataResponse`
+### `view(string $view, array $params = [], null|string|object $controller = null): \Yiisoft\DataResponse\DataResponse`
 
 - `$view` is a view name
 - `$params` is a view params
-- `$controller` is a controller instance. Used to bind views to the specific directory called by the controller name.
+- `$controller` is a controller instance or a path to views directory. Used to bind views to the specific directory.
 
 ```php
 view('site/index'); // => A response object with content of file '/views/site/index.php'
 view('site/index', ['page' => 2]); // => A response object with content of file '/views/site/index.php' and params ['page' => 2]
 view('index', ['page' => 2], new MyController()); // => A response object with content of file '/views/my/index.php' and params ['page' => 2]
+view('index', ['user' => $user], 'module/user'); // => A response object with content of file '/views/module/user/index.php' and params ['user' => $user]
 
 class SiteController 
 {
diff --git a/src/view.php b/src/view.php
index 5b7bfa6..5de37bd 100644
--- a/src/view.php
+++ b/src/view.php
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@
 function view(
     string $view,
     array $parameters = [],
-    ?object $controller = null
+    null|string|object $controller = null
 ): DataResponse {
     /**
      * @var ViewRenderer $renderer
      */
     $renderer = container(ViewRenderer::class);
-    if ($controller !== null) {
+    if (is_object($controller)) {
         $renderer = $renderer->withController($controller);
+    } elseif(is_string($controller)) {
+        $renderer = $renderer->withControllerName($controller);
     }
     return $renderer->render($view, $parameters);
 }