Yii, createUrl not working as expected

Question

I'm doing the following in a view:

 <li><a href='<? Yii::app()->controller->createUrl('sources'); ?>'>sources</a></li>

However 'sources' is not appended to the path, instead the code just returns the path to the current controller.

Could anyone suggest why this might me? The code is in a module.

My url rules are as follows:

'rules'=>array(
 '<controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>'=>'<controller>/view',
 '<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>/<id:\d+>'=>'<controller>/<action>',
 '<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>'=>'<controller>/<action>',
               ),

Answer 1

You should try 2 things

To get an absolute URL and not relative to the current controller or action add a leading 'slash' like:

    Yii::app()->createUrl('/sources/view');

You should also make sure you are not doing something stupid like forgetting to use echo :) that happens to me sometimes...

    <li><a href='<? echo Yii::app()->controller->createUrl('sources'); ?>'>sources</a></li>

Answer 2

First of all , why are you even trying to access controller from the view? It's pointless and it goes against all the patterns.

Besides, you can create URLs with Yii::app()->createUrl(). Also, you might benefit from reading the documentation on how to utilize this function.

The value 'sources' does not fit any of the routing patterns .. try maybe following:

• Yii::app()->createUrl('sources/view');
• Yii::app()->createUrl('sources/foobar');.

Answer 3

You forgot the echo:

    <a href="<?php 
      echo Yii::app()->createUrl("[/][CONTROLLER][/]ACTION", array("view"=>"VIEW")); 
    ?>">Link name</a>