How to Set Base URL in Yii Framework

Question

When I do

print_r(Yii::app()->request->baseUrl)

I get an empty string. A post on the Yii forum says this is blank by default. How can I c

Answer 1

It's most likely blank because your bootstrap file (index.php) is at your web root. If it wasn't, you should see some value. Changing it would defeat it's purpose.

You would use like:

href="request->baseUrl; ?>/css/screen.css"

which for most cases wouldn't change the path, but if you did, say, decide to put your Yii app inside a subdirectory, then it would be portable. (Simply remove the http method and hostname above to make it work on the same host the user is on.)