dreamzml/yii2-gii

The Gii extension for the Yii framework

Gii Extension for Yii 2 base yii2-gii

This extension provides a Web-based code generator, called Gii, for Yii framework 2.0 applications. You can use Gii to quickly generate models, forms, modules, CRUD, etc., _(*1)

For license information check the LICENSE-file., _(*2)

, _(*3)

Installation

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer., _(*4)

Either run, _(*5)

php composer.phar require --dev --prefer-dist dreamzml/yii2-gii

or add, _(*6)

"dreamzml/yii2-gii": "*"

to the require-dev section of your composer.json file., _(*7)

Usage

Once the extension is installed, simply modify your application configuration as follows:, _(*8)

return [
    'bootstrap' => ['gii'],
    'modules' => [
        'gii' => 'dreamzml\gii\Module',
        // ...
    ],
    // ...
];

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

http://localhost/path/to/index.php?r=gii

or if you have enabled pretty URLs, you may use the following URL:, _(*10)

http://localhost/path/to/index.php/gii

Using the same configuration for your console application, you will also be able to access Gii via command line as follows,, _(*11)

# change path to your application's base path
cd path/to/AppBasePath

# show help information about Gii
yii help gii

# show help information about the model generator in Gii
yii help gii/model

# generate City model from city table
yii gii/model --tableName=city --modelClass=City