If you want to return to your previous url after login or logout try this : <?php$this->redirect(Yii::app()->request->urlReferrer);?> To set the return url to be the url that was before the login page or registeration page was called you can put following code in views/layouts/main.php file : <?php//this checks id the controller action is not ‘login’… Continue reading Yii, return to previous url after login or logout