Yii 2 Basic Project Template with dotenv Support

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. This template also removes the basic/web from the url., _(*1)

, _(*2)

DIRECTORY STRUCTURE

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

REQUIREMENTS

The minimum requirement by this project template that your Web server supports PHP 5.4.0., _(*3)

INSTALLATION

Install via Composer

If you do not have Composer, you may install it by following the instructions at getcomposer.org., _(*4)

You can then install this project template using the following command:, _(*5)

php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:^1.2.0"
php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev frixou89/yii2-basic-app-dotenv basic

Now you should be able to access the application through the following URL, assuming basic is the directory directly under the Web root., _(*6)

http://localhost/

Install from an Archive File

Download and extract the archive file to a directory named basic that is directly under the Web root., _(*7)

Set cookie validation key in config/web.php file to some random secret string:, _(*8)

'request' => [
    // !!! insert a secret key in the following (if it is empty) - this is required by cookie validation
    'cookieValidationKey' => '<secret random string goes here>',
],

You can then access the application through the following URL:, _(*9)

http://localhost/

CONFIGURATION

Copy .env.dist and rename it to .env, _(*10)

Database

Edit the .env file with real data, for example:, _(*11)

Migration

To create user table you need to run Yii migrate from the root directory, _(*12)

php yii migrate

23/10 2017

dev-master

9999999-dev http://www.yiiframework.com/

Yii 2 Basic Project Template with dotenv support

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