Controlling url in Yii: controller/action/id to /i

Question

Can we display url in the format controller/action/id to /id in Yii? Also, one major problem is that I need to do this only on the specific controller/action.

For Instance: If I have /user/post/ujjwal then I need to show /ujjwal only. And when I have /image/display/ujjwal then it can be as it is?

I have read the url management in Yii and understand whatever is shown in there. But I dont' know how to control the url based on the controller/action.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Ujjwal

Answer 1

What you want can be done, with a few side effects however. If you put this in your config/main.php:

        'urlManager'=>array(
        'urlFormat'=>'path',
        'showScriptName'=>false,
        'rules'=>array(
            'image/<action>/<username>' => 'image/action/username',
            '<username>' => 'user/post/username',
            ),
        ),

Put all your more specific rules first, then everything else that is a single unit will go to /user/post/something.

Answer 2

In my opinion you can not map one customized URL to two or more URL path or action. Like when someone access /my_username the will be redirected to /user/post/ujjwal or /image/display/ujjwal. The application will be confused because of this pattern/rules.

So I recommend you to change the /image/display/ujjwal to another pattern/rules. Like /my_username/image

I use username as the query string for selected username.

'components'=>array(

            .....

            'urlManager'=>array(
            'urlFormat'=>'path',
            'rules'=>array(
                '<username:[\w.]+>'=>'user/post',
                '<username:[\w.]+>/display'=>'image/display',
                '<controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>'=>'<controller>/view',
                '<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>/<id:\d+>'=>'<controller>/<action>',
                '<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>'=>'<controller>/<action>',
            ),
        ),

            ....

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Answer 3

In your config/main.php try

'urlManager'=>array(
            'urlFormat'=>'path',
            'showScriptName'=>false,
                        'rules'=>array(
                          'user/post/<user:\w+>'=>'<user>', //this should be the very first rule
                           //other rules 
                         ),
            ),
        ),