Creating a Site in 2 Minutes Using Yes it is (yii) PHP Framework

How to create a simple site using PHP Framework yii

What is Yii?

Yes it is!!! The New PHP Framework

which is very fast than all the existing frameworks :)

The best MVC Framework now..

Lets see how to create a simple site using yii

I always use Netbeans and Dreamweaver for editing PHP files. When it comes to using Framework I prefer Netbeans, very simple to use Frameworks.

For using yii Framework download yii from here


Now in Netbeans

                    goto Tools -> plugins -> Downloaded -> Add plugin

Select the downloaded zip file and click install.

You are done with installing yii framework plugin in netbeans


Now to create a site,

                    click File -> New Project -> PHP -> PHP Application

Then select your localhost folder then click next untill you are prompted to select PHP Frameworks

Select yii Framework !!

Thats it :) You have created a new site yourself feel happy :)

Now a basic introduction to structure of yii, As it is MVC pattern framework

All site control (Actions,Sql commands) will be in controller files -  Protected/Controllers
All logic (access controls,restrictions, validations) will in model files - Protected/models
All files which the user can see (login page, registration page,home page) will be called view files
-Protected/views

This makes things clean and safe and powerfull yii library makes life easier :)

Next thing is when you developed your site and want to host it, make sure you have changed this line

                                         yii='E:\yii-1.1.13.e9e4a0\framework\yii.php';

to point to your current framework location in protected/config/main page :)

Thats all folks :) Now you too a web developer !!!



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