Yii PHP Framework- Implementation

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I was just curious if Yii is supposed to be compiled into PHP or not. Is it possible to use Yii just by copying the Framework to a folder on the server and then including something (something as in one of the yii files- I am not sure how it works) in the scripts I wish to use the framework for?

(Noob when it comes to frameworks and usage)

Thanks, Josh

Smandoli · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-21 12:50:19Z

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I'll go with the line

Is it possible to use Yii just by copying the Framework to a folder on the server and then including something

and answer yes :p Though, you should just follow webapp creation through yiic webapp like so:

Download the yii (yii-someversion.tar.gz or what have you) distribution,
extract it somewhere (e.g. /opt/yii in *nix or C:/web/yii in windows.)
Now put that directory in your path ($PATH in *nix, or %PATH% in windows),
go to a shell / command prompt, change the directory to your webserver's document root and do a yiic webapp <app folder name>

After answering a couple config question, you should have an look at the index.php created there, you should have something like:

<?php

// change the following paths if necessary
$yii=dirname(__FILE__).'/../yii/framework/yii.php';
$config=dirname(__FILE__).'/protected/config/main.php';

// remove the following lines when in production mode
defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG',true);
defined('YII_TRACE_LEVEL') or define('YII_TRACE_LEVEL',3);

require_once($yii);
Yii::createWebApplication($config)->run();

and that's about it :p

edited May 21, 2012 at 12:50

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answered Apr 28, 2010 at 2:56

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Smandoli Over a year ago

ZaQ, what about dependencies? Specifically the PDO_DAO package, which won't be supported by my budget host server. If I develop on LAMP and upload all the files to that server, will it work from there?

ZaQ Over a year ago

cmiiw, yii needs the pdo extensions for it's DAO layer (at least I think the CActiveRecord class uses it) if you don't have PDO you still can use yii but not the dao (specifically the active records and its subclass etc) part

erenon · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-23 18:07:52Z

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Yii is a PHP framework and not an extension. You can just copy-paste it somewhere. Be sure to put the destination folder into your include path.

answered Apr 23, 2010 at 18:07

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Slim Fadi · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-19 20:29:29Z

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you just need to do it once to get an instance, and then you can copy this instance as much as you want, provided that the path of yii.php file in the index.php file is right, for me I usually copy the framework folder from the yii folder, paste it inside the instance in the folder "protected" and then change the path in index.php to "/protected/framework/yii.php"

answered Oct 19, 2012 at 20:29

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