Yii - renderpartial from module to root folder
yii, yii-modules
Solution
Use `//`:
$this->renderPartial("//site/appsMenu");
This can be seen in the documentation
absolute view within the application: the view name starts with double slashes '//'. In this case, the view will be searched for under the application's view path. This syntax has been available since version 1.1.3.
Problem
i am trying to render the view from module to project base view but it gives error. I tried below combinations without any luck. It gives the error "DefaultController cannot find the requested view "appsMenu"." ``` echo $this->renderPartial("appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>""),true, true); echo $this->renderPartial("//appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("views/site/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("views/site/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("protected/views/site/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("/protected/views/site/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("views/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("/views/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("site/views/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("site/views/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("site/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("protected/views/site/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("//protected/views/site/appsMenu",array("moduleName"=>"")); ``` and tried with extensions too ``` echo $this->renderPartial("appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>""),true, true); echo $this->renderPartial("//appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("views/site/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("views/site/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("protected/views/site/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("/protected/views/site/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("views/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("/views/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("site/views/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("site/views/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("site/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("protected/views/site/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); echo $this->renderPartial("//protected/views/site/appsMenu.php",array("moduleName"=>"")); ``` I am in "Forms" module and trying to render a file "protected/views/site/appsMenu.php". Plz help me..