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
  public_html/        contains the entry script and Web resources
  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

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"
php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev yiisoft/yii2-app-basic 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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