How can I get current controller in yii2

Question

I'm trying to get current page controller in yii2? How can I achieve this in Yii2?

In Yii 1.0

Yii::app()->controller->action->id

Yii2 ?

score 42 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '15 at 10:19

42

use this code

Yii::$app->controller->id

answered Jan 06 '15 at 10:19

Ranidu

if i print_r pr(Yii::$app->controller); then i got empty array – Bhavin Thummar Apr 02 '19 at 12:16

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered May 27 '16 at 08:56

19

this may help...:)

<?php echo Yii::$app->controller->id; //current controller id ?>


<?php echo Yii::$app->controller->action->id; //current controller action id ?>

answered May 27 '16 at 08:56

Kalpesh Desai

you mean layout?. its global you can use. – Kalpesh Desai Apr 04 '19 at 03:35
No, I want to use this function in on `beforeRequest` key of return array at file "backend/config/main.php" – Bhavin Thummar Apr 04 '19 at 05:19

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 22 '17 at 11:41

8

From view and layout files, you may use

<?= $this->context->id //controller id ?>
<?= $this->context->action->id //action id ?>

answered Dec 22 '17 at 11:41

German Khokhlov

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