How to reuse main layout file, like the column1 & column2 in Yii1.

[qiansen1386]

I am sorry to bother you guys.

We checked the both sections of the doc : view.md#layout and apps-basic.md#views

But we can't find how to reuse the main layout. We are wondering that is there still a way to do so, or Yii 2 has made several changes on this portion?

Currently we assume that the default layout logic is pretty simplified and beginner-friendly. If we want to have premium requirement we should use a template engine? Probably twig?

We are glad to hear more about the new design principles on Yii

Thank you for your attention and looking forward to your reply.

[yinhe]

I have met this question too, but i cant get the solution method

[philippfrenzel]

ok, use case - in your view/layouts folder you make a new column2.php
this should look like this:

<php $this->beginContent('@app/views/layouts/main.php'); ?>

<div class="row">
   <div class="col-md-3">
    <div class="pg-sidebar">          
      <?= $this->blocks['sidebar']; ?>

      <?= $this->blocks['toolbar']; ?>
    </div>      
  </div>
  <div class="col-md-9">
    <?= $content; ?>
  </div>
</div>
<php $this->endContent(); ?>

And in your controller, you set a new public variable:

public $layout = "/main";

In your ControllerAction you can set layout by:

$this->layout = "/column2";

[qiansen1386]

Thanks, we are trying it now!

[philippfrenzel]

And I forgott, the blocks can be used as dynamic placeholder... I fill them late using
yii\widgets\Block;

:)

[qiansen1386]

What is block? Is it a widget?

[philippfrenzel]

yes, can be used like this:

<?php Block::begin(array('id'=>'sidebar')); ?>

    <?php

                echo SideNav::widget([
                'type' => SideNav::TYPE_DEFAULT,
                'heading' => Yii::t('app','Party Options'),
                'items' => 
                [
                    [
                        'url' => ['/site/index'],
                        'label' => 'Home',
                        'icon' => 'home'
                    ],
                    ['label' => Yii::t('app','Create'), 'icon'=>'plus', 'url'=>['create']]
                  ]
        ]);
   ?>   
<?php Block::end(); ?>

[qiansen1386]

Got it, Thanks!

[philippfrenzel]

you are welcome!