render view in yii console application

Question

I have an email template in a view and I want to write a process that is ConsoleApplication that prepares emails to be send. Becouse it is ConsoleApplication I have no access to controller. Is it any way to render a view?

Answer 1

Here is what I use:

private function render($template, array $data = array()){
    $path = Yii::getPathOfAlias('application.views.email').'/'.$template.'.php';
    if(!file_exists($path)) throw new Exception('Template '.$path.' does not exist.');
    return $this->renderFile($path, $data, true);
}

It takes email template from views/email.

Answer 2

If all else fails (as in my case):

<?php


    /**
    * Renders a view file & returns result.
    * @param string $_viewFile_ view file path
    * @param array $_data_ optional data to be extracted as local view variables
    * @param boolean $_return_ whether to return the rendering result instead of displaying it
    * @return mixed the rendering result if required. Null otherwise.
         */
public function myRenderPartial($_viewFile_,$_data_=null,$_return_=true) {

    if(is_array($_data_))
        extract($_data_,EXTR_PREFIX_SAME,'data');
    else
        $data=$_data_;

    if($_return_)
    {
        ob_start();
        ob_implicit_flush(false);
        require(YiiBase::getPathOfAlias("application.views").$_viewFile_.'.php');
        return ob_get_clean();
    }
    else
    {
        require($_viewFile_);
    }
}   

?>