Yii 2 Advanced Application Template

Yii 2 Advanced Application Template is a skeleton Yii 2 application best for developing complex Web applications with multiple tiers.

The template includes three tiers: front end, back end, and console, each of which is a separate Yii application.

The template is designed to work in a team development environment. It supports deploying the application in different environments.

DIRECTORY STRUCTURE

common
	config/             contains shared configurations
	models/             contains model classes used in both backend and frontend
console
	config/             contains console configurations
	controllers/        contains console controllers (commands)
	migrations/         contains database migrations
	models/             contains console-specific model classes
	runtime/            contains files generated during runtime
backend
	assets/             contains application assets such as JavaScript and CSS
	config/             contains backend configurations
	controllers/        contains Web controller classes
	models/             contains backend-specific model classes
	runtime/            contains files generated during runtime
	views/              contains view files for the Web application
	web/                contains the entry script and Web resources
frontend
	assets/             contains application assets such as JavaScript and CSS
	config/             contains frontend configurations
	controllers/        contains Web controller classes
	models/             contains frontend-specific model classes
	runtime/            contains files generated during runtime
	views/              contains view files for the Web application
	web/                contains the entry script and Web resources
vendor/                 contains dependent 3rd-party packages
environments/                contains environment-based overrides

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 advanced that is directly under the Web root.

Then follow the instructions given in "GETTING STARTED".

Install via Composer

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

You can then install the application using the following command:

php composer.phar create-project --stability=alpha yiisoft/yii2-app-advanced advanced

GETTING STARTED

After you install the application, you have to conduct the following steps to initialize the installed application. You only need to do these once for all.

1. Run command init to initialize the application with a specific environment.
2. Create a new database and adjust the components.db configuration in common/config/params.php accordingly.
3. Run command yii migrate to apply DB migrations.

Now you should be able to access:

• the frontend using the URL http://localhost/advanced/frontend/web/
• the backend using the URL http://localhost/advanced/backend/web/