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Advanced application template
=============================
This template is for large projects developed in teams where
backend is divided from
frontend, application is deployed
This template is for large projects developed in teams where
the backend is divided from the
frontend, application is deployed
to multiple servers etc. This application template also goes a bit further regarding features and provides essential
database, signup and password restore out of the box.
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ If you do not have [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/), you may download it from
[
http://getcomposer.org/
](
http://getcomposer.org/
)
or run the following command on Linux/Unix/MacOS:
~~~
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
curl -s
S
http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
~~~
You can then install the application using the following command:
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```
php /path/to/yii-application/init
```
Otherwise, in production execute `init` in non-interactive mode.
```
php /path/to/yii-application/init --env=prod overwrite=n
```
2. Create a new database and adjust the `components.db` configuration in `common/config/main-local.php` accordingly.
3. Apply migrations with console command `yii migrate`.
4. Set document roots of your
W
eb server:
4. Set document roots of your
w
eb server:
- for frontend `/path/to/yii-application/frontend/web/` and using the URL `http://frontend/`
- for backend `/path/to/yii-application/backend/web/` and using the URL `http://backend/`
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There's also a `common` directory that contains files used by more than one application. For example, `User` model.
frontend and backend are both web applications and both contain `web` directory. That's the webroot you should point your
webserver to.
frontend and backend are both web applications and both contain
the
`web` directory. That's the webroot you should point your
web
server to.
Each application has its own namespace and alias corresponding to its name. Same applies to common directory.
Configuration and environments
------------------------------
There are multiple problems with
straightforward
approach to configuration:
There are multiple problems with
a typical
approach to configuration:
- Each team member has its own configuration options. Committing such config will affect other team members.
- Production database password and API keys should not end up in repository.
- There are multiple servers: development, testing, production. Each should have its own configuration.
- Production database password and API keys should not end up in
the
repository.
- There are multiple server
environment
s: development, testing, production. Each should have its own configuration.
- Defining all configuration options for each case is very repetitive and takes too much time to maintain.
In order to solve these issues Yii introduces
environments concept that is very simple
. Each environment is represented
by a set of files under
`environments` directory.
`init` command is used to switch between these. What it really does is
just copying everything from environment directory over
the root directory where all applications are.
In order to solve these issues Yii introduces
a simple environments concept
. Each environment is represented
by a set of files under
the `environments` directory. The
`init` command is used to switch between these. What it really does is
copy everything from the environment directory over to
the root directory where all applications are.
Typically environment contains application bootstrap files such as `index.php` and config files suffixed with
`-local.php`. These are added to `.gitignore` and never added to source code repository.
In order to avoid duplication configurations are overriding each other. For example, frontend reads configuration in the
In order to avoid duplication configurations are overriding each other. For example,
the
frontend reads configuration in the
following order:
- `common/config/main.php`
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Configuring Composer
--------------------
After application template is installed it's a good idea to adjust default `composer.json` that can be found in the root
After
the
application template is installed it's a good idea to adjust default `composer.json` that can be found in the root
directory:
```
json
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First we're updating basic information. Change `name`, `description`, `keywords`, `homepage` and `support` to match
your project.
Now the interesting part. You can add more packages your application needs to `require` section.
Now the interesting part. You can add more packages your application needs to
the
`require` section.
All these packages are coming from [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/) so feel free to browse the website for useful code.
After your `composer.json` is changed you can run `php composer.phar update --prefer-dist`, wait till packages are downloaded and
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Creating links from backend to frontend
---------------------------------------
Often it's required to create links from
backend application to frontend application. Sinc
e frontend application may
contain its own URL manager rules you need to duplicate that for backend application by naming it differently:
Often it's required to create links from
the backend application to the frontend application. Since th
e frontend application may
contain its own URL manager rules you need to duplicate that for
the
backend application by naming it differently:
```
php
return
[
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];
```
After it is done, you can get URL pointing to frontend like the following:
After it is done, you can get
an
URL pointing to frontend like the following:
```
php
echo Yii::$app->urlManagerFrontend->createUrl(...);
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