Switch Yii layout based on user role

Switch Yii layout based on user role

You can assign different layouts to different users using following filter class

1. Add LayoutFilter.php to your protected/components/ folder

class LayoutFilter extends CFilter
{
 
    protected function preFilter($filterChain)
    {
        // logic being applied before the action is executed
        $roles = Yii::app()->user->getState('roles');
        if (!is_array($roles))
            $roles = array();
 
        if (in_array(User::ROLE_ADMIN, $roles))
        {
            $filterChain->controller->layout = 'admin/column2';
        } else
        {
            $filterChain->controller->layout = '//layouts/column2';
        }
 
        return parent::preFilter($filterChain);
    }
 
    protected function postFilter($filterChain)
    {
    // logic being applied after the action is executed
        return parent::postFilter($filterChain);
    }
 
}

2. Update protected/components/Controller.php and add following filters

public function filters()
{
    return array(
        'rights',
        array('application.components.LayoutFilter'),
    );
}

3. Update all controllers and add following filters

public function filters()
{
    return parent::filters() + array(
        'postOnly + delete', // we only allow deletion via POST request
    );
}