@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class SiteController extends Controller
```
```
As you can see, typical controller contains actions that are public class methods named as `actionSomething`.
As you can see, typical controller contains actions that are public class methods named as `actionSomething`.
The output of an action is what the method returns. The return value will be handled by the `response` application
The output of an action is what the method returns, it could be rendered result or it can be instance of ```yii\web\Response```, for [example](#custom-response-class).
The return value will be handled by the `response` application
component which can convert the output to differnet formats such as JSON for example. The default behavior
component which can convert the output to differnet formats such as JSON for example. The default behavior
is to output the value unchanged though.
is to output the value unchanged though.
@ -246,6 +247,29 @@ Catching all incoming requests
TBD
TBD
Custom response class
---------------------
```php
namespace app\controllers;
use yii\web\Controller;
use app\components\web\MyCustomResponse; #extended from yii\web\Response
class SiteController extends Controller
{
public function actionCustom()
{
/*
* do your things here
* since Response in extended from yii\base\Object, you can initialize its values by passing in
* __constructor() simple array.
*/
return new MyCustomResponse(['data' => $myCustomData]);