I'm trying to have separate files for all my error messages. (404, 403, 500 etc) so i can have custom designs for them. If possible i don't want the header and footer to be included in my error pages too. Right now i have this, in my SiteController.php and put error404.php into my views/site/ folder
public function actionError()
{
$error = Yii::app()->errorHandler->error;
switch($error['code'])
{
case 404:
$this->render('error404', array('error' => $error));
break;
.......
.......
}
}
i was wondering if there is a better way? or if Yii has way to handle this that i'm missing.
i read this page http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/1.1/en/topics.error
and it says something about putting files into /protected/views/system
but i don't quite understand Yii's documentation.
As you read Yii will look for files in
/protected/views/system
(after looking in themes if you have any)You do not need to write any fresh actions all you have to do is create a folder system in the views directory and create files named errorXXX.php XXX being the error code.
The default page looks like this you modify this as you wish and save it in
/protected/views/system
You will have access to following attributes in your
$data
arrayThe alternative technique is how you created an action in SiteController,however to activate this you need to change your main config file and route errors to this action:
If you wish to only skin your errors then this is not necessary, if you want to do more complex stuff like on error log to a DB, send a email to the admin etc then it is good to have your own action with additional logic.