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I have a function in the controller that manipulates data the way I wanted. Now I want to call that function in the index.php file in the view. How do I do that?

In my controller

function actionTesting($params){
    .....
}

How can I call it in the view like..

<?php
   echo $this->testing($params);//Calling unknown method: yii\web\View::testing()
?>
rob006
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3 Answers3

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You should not call controller actions from view. I think it violates MVC pattern.

As for the error, it's clear, $this in view refers to yii\web\View, not to the controller and testing method obviously doesn't exist there.

There is similar question asked before, here is possible solution (credits for Manesh):

Yii::$app->runAction('controller/action', ['param1' => 'value1', 'param2' => 'value2']);

This is not enough to just call controller action as usual method call because some events need to be applied, etc.

I don't recommend to use this approach, it's better to move your logic to component / model depending on type of it.

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arogachev
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you can use this.

echo $this->context->testing($params);

credits Metacrawler original question link

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you can do like this 

 $parse = array(
   ...............
   'aliasName' => $this,
   ..............
);
return $this->render('viewFile',$parse);

and than you can call the function like 

<?php echo $aliasName->testing($param) ?>
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