Yii 2 Basic Application Template
Yii 2 Basic 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)
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 application template that your Web server supports PHP 5.4.0., (*3)
INSTALLATION
Install from an Archive File
Extract the archive file downloaded from yiiframework.com to
a directory named basic
that is directly under the Web root., (*4)
You can then access the application through the following URL:, (*5)
http://localhost/basic/web/
Install via Composer
If you do not have Composer, you may install it by following the instructions
at getcomposer.org., (*6)
You can then install this application template using the following command:, (*7)
php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:1.0.0-beta4"
php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev tilhom/hello-yii2 basic
Now you should be able to access the application through the following URL, assuming basic
is the directory
directly under the Web root., (*8)
http://localhost/basic/web/
CONFIGURATION
Database
Edit the file config/db.php
with real data, for example:, (*9)
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., (*10)
Also check and edit the other files in the config/
directory to customize your application., (*11)
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