I am trying to configure Yii2 url manager in a manner that if a controller name is skipped in url it should call the default controller for action. I have managed to achieve this without action parameter. But got stuck when using parameters in action name.
Here is my route config:
return [
'catalog/category/<alias:[\w-]+>' => 'catalog/default/category',
'catalog/<action:\w+>' => 'catalog/default/<action>',
];
Controller File:
namespace app\modules\catalog\controllers;
use yii\base\Controller;
use app\modules\catalog\models\Categories;
class DefaultController extends Controller
{
public function actionShopbydepartment()
{
$data['categories'] = Categories::findParentSubHierarchy();
return $this->renderPartial('shopbydepartment', $data);
}
public function actionCategory($alias = null)
{
die(var_dump($alias));
$data['category'] = Categories::findCategoryBySlug($alias);
return $this->render('category', $data);
}
}
when I access the following url it loads perfectly. http://domain.com/index.php/catalog/shopbydepartment
But when i access the below url it called the right function but did not pass the $alias value: http://domain.com/index.php/catalog/category/appliances
UPDATE:
I have used the following approach for module wise url rules declaration: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27959286/1232366
Here is what i have in the main config file:
'rules' => [
[
'pattern' => 'admin/<controller:\w+>/<action:[\w-]+>/<id:\d+>',
'route' => 'admin/<controller>/<action>'
],
[
'pattern' => 'admin/<module:\w+>/<controller:\w+>/<action:[\w-]+>/<id:\d+>',
'route' => 'admin/<module>/<controller>/<action>'
],
],
the admin is working fine and this is my first module so rest of the rules are mentioned already