Yii 2.1 Project Template

Yii 2.1 Project Template is a skeleton Yii 2 application best for rapidly creating projects.

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.

DIRECTORY STRUCTURE

bin/
config/             contains application configurations
public/             contains the entry script for a web server
runtime/            contains files generated during runtime
src/
  assets/             contains assets definition
  commands/           contains console commands (controllers)
  controllers/        contains Web controller classes
  mail/               contains view files for e-mails
  models/             contains model classes
  views/              contains view files for the Web application
tests/              contains various tests for the basic application
vendor/             contains dependent 3rd-party packages
.env
.env.dist
composer.json

REQUIREMENTS

The minimum requirement by this project template that your Web server supports PHP 7.1.

INSTALLATION

If you do not have Composer, you may install it by following the instructions at getcomposer.org.

You can then install this project template using the following command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev yiisoft/yii2-app myapp

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

http://localhost/

CONFIGURATION

Database

Edit the file config/db.php with real data, for example:

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

NOTES:

Yii won't create the database for you, this has to be done manually before you can access it.
Check and edit the other files in the config/ directory to customize your application as required.
Refer to the README in the tests directory for information specific to basic application tests.

TESTING

Tests are located in tests directory.

neatstudio / yii2-app