Yii 2 redirecting to Login if Guest visit the website

Question

I need some advice how to make redirecting to login if someone does not login into the website and he is only Guest

Answer 1

There are two options:

1. You can use the AccessControl as mentioned by @Maksym Semenykhin

2. You can use the option below especially when you would like the logged user to be returned to this page after login.

   public function beforeAction($action){
   if (parent::beforeAction($action)){
       if (Yii::$app->user->isGuest){
           Yii::$app->user->loginUrl = ['/auth/default/index', 'return' => \Yii::$app->request->url];
           return $this->redirect(Yii::$app->user->loginUrl)->send();
       }
   }}
   

   You can also create a custom 'Controller' class which inherits \yii\web\Controller then have all controllers that need authorization inherit your custom controller.

On the login function, replace the redirect part with the following code:

    $return_url = empty(Yii::$app->request->get('return'))? \yii\helpers\Url::to(['/admin/default/index']) :Yii::$app->request->get('return');
    return $this->redirect($return_url);