Yii 2 Advanced Project 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.
Documentation is at docs/guide/README.md.
common
config/ contains shared configurations
mail/ contains view files for e-mails
models/ contains model classes used in both backend and frontend
tests/ contains tests for common classes
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
tests/ contains tests for backend application
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
tests/ contains tests for frontend application
views/ contains view files for the Web application
web/ contains the entry script and Web resources
widgets/ contains frontend widgets
vendor/ contains dependent 3rd-party packages
environments/ contains environment-based overrides
Open xampp\apache\conf\extra and add the following code
`
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName frontend.test
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs\youtubeCloneYii\frontend\web"
<Directory "C:\xampp\htdocs\youtubeCloneYii\frontend\web">
# use mod_rewrite for pretty URL support
RewriteEngine on
# If a directory or a file exists, use the request directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Otherwise forward the request to index.php
RewriteRule . index.php
# use index.php as index file
DirectoryIndex index.php
# ...other settings...
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
## Apache 2.2
# Order allow,deny
# Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName backend.test
DocumentRoot "C:\xampp\htdocs\youtubeCloneYii\backend\web"
<Directory "C:\xampp\htdocs\youtubeCloneYii\backend\web">
# use mod_rewrite for pretty URL support
RewriteEngine on
# If a directory or a file exists, use the request directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Otherwise forward the request to index.php
RewriteRule . index.php
# use index.php as index file
DirectoryIndex index.php
# ...other settings...
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
## Apache 2.2
# Order allow,deny
# Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
`
Run
php yii migrate/create create_videos_table --fields="video_id:string(16):notNull,title:string(512):notNull,description:text,created_by:integer(11):foreignKey(user)"
to generate a new migration for table video
Navigate to http://backend.test/gii to generate a video model class