How can integrate login form of YII user module in layout/main.php

Question

How can integrate login form of YII user module in layout/main.php

I would like to know how can use login form and registration form in Yii user module into layouts/main.php like facebook index page.If anyone can please give me the details..

Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

You need to use a widget. Here's a short crash course on making a widget:

1. Create LoginFormWidget.php here: /protected/components/LoginFormWidget.php

2. Create the view folder for your widgets here /protected/components/views/

3. Create the view file for your LoginFormWidget, like so: /protected/components/views/loginFormWidget.php

4. Put the following code in your LoginFormWidget.php file:

   class LoginFormWidget extends CWidget
   {
       /**
        * Is called when $this->beginWidget() is called
        */
       public function init()
       {
   
       }
   
       /**
        * Is called when $this->endWidget() is called
        */
       public function run()
       {
           $model = new LoginForm;
           $this->render('loginFormWidget', array('model'=>$model));
       }
   }
   

5. Add teh view file, make sure that you specify which action will be used:

   <div class="form"> 
       <?php $form=$this->beginWidget('CActiveForm', array(
           'id'=>'login-form',
           'enableAjaxValidation'=>true,
           'clientOptions'=>array('validateOnSubmit'=>true),
           'htmlOptions'=>array('class'=>'customClass'),
           'action' => array('site/login'), // this is is the action that's going to process the data
       )); ?>
   
           <?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'email'); ?>
           <?php echo $form->textField($model,'email'); ?>
           <?php echo $form->error($model,'email'); ?>
   
           <?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'password'); ?>
           <?php echo $form->passwordField($model,'password'); ?>
           <?php echo $form->error($model,'password'); ?>
   
           <?php echo CHtml::submitButton('Log in!'); ?>
   
       <?php $this->endWidget(); ?>
   </div>
   

6. Finally, call the widget in your main.php file, like so:

<?php $this->widget('LoginFormWidget'); ?>

Good luck!

Answer 2

If you have a separate login form then you use that in your Cmenu. You can also make a widget for that but you can also render form. If you want to render form then you can do like this

$form=$this->renderPartial('loginForm');

Now in your Cmenu widget you have to change the property 'encodeLable' to false like

$this->widget('zii.widgets.CMenu', array(
             'encodeLabel'=>false,
    'items'=>array(
        array('label'=>$form, 'url'=>array('site/index')),
    ),
));