ducntq/yii2-app-basic-practical

Yii 2 Basic Practical Application Template

Yii 2 Basic Practical Application Template

Yii 2 Basic Practical Application Template is a skeleton Yii 2 application best for rapidly creating small projects., _(*1)

The template contains the basic features including user login/logout and a contact page. It includes all commonly used configurations that would allow you to focus on adding new features to your application., _(*2)

Also, the Yii 2 Basic Practical Application Template has a structure that is compatible with almost all hosting provider, so that you won't have to worry when pushing your Yii 2 web application to the Internet., _(*3)

DIRECTORY STRUCTURE

  protected/assets/             contains assets definition
  protected/commands/           contains console commands (controllers)
  protected/config/             contains application configurations
  protected/controllers/        contains Web controller classes
  protected/mail/               contains view files for e-mails
  protected/models/             contains model classes
  protected/runtime/            contains files generated during runtime
  protected/tests/              contains various tests for the basic application
  protected/vendor/             contains dependent 3rd-party packages
  protected/views/              contains view files for the Web application
  /                             contains the entry script and Web resources

REQUIREMENTS

The minimum requirement by this application template that your Web server supports PHP 5.4.0., _(*4)

INSTALLATION

Install from an Archive File

Extract the archive file downloaded from github.com/ducntq/yii2-app-basic-practical/releases to a directory named basic that is directly under the Web root., _(*5)

You can then access the application through the following URL:, _(*6)

http://localhost/basic/

Install via Composer

If you do not have Composer, you may install it by following the instructions at getcomposer.org., _(*7)

You can then install this application template using the following command:, _(*8)

php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:1.0.0-beta4"
php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev ducntq/yii2-app-basic-practical basic

Now you should be able to access the application through the following URL, assuming basic is the directory directly under the Web root., _(*9)

http://localhost/basic/

CONFIGURATION

Database

Edit the file protected/config/db.php with real data, for example:, _(*10)

return [
    'class' => 'yii\db\Connection',
    'dsn' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=yii2basic',
    'username' => 'root',
    'password' => '1234',
    'charset' => 'utf8',
];

NOTE: Yii won't create the database for you, this has to be done manually before you can access it., _(*11)

Also check and edit the other files in the config/ directory to customize your application., _(*12)