Yii 2 Basic Application Template
Yii 2 Basic Application Template is a skeleton Yii 2 application best for rapidly creating small 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
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.
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.
You can then access the application through the following URL:
http://localhost/basic/web/
Install via Composer
If you do not have Composer, you may install it by following the instructions at getcomposer.org.
You can then install this application template using the following command:
php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:1.0.0"
php composer.phar create-project 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.
http://localhost/basic/web/
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',
];
NOTE: Yii won't create the database for you, this has to be done manually before you can access it.
Also check and edit the other files in the config/
directory to customize your application.