The Definitive Guide to Yii 2.0 ¶

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Introduction ¶

• About Yii
• Upgrading from Version 1.1

Getting Started ¶

• What do you need to know
• Installing Yii
• Running Applications
• Saying Hello
• Working with Forms
• Working with Databases
• Generating Code with Gii
• Looking Ahead

Application Structure ¶

• Application Structure Overview
• Entry Scripts
• Applications
• Application Components
• Controllers
• Models
• Views
• Modules
• Filters
• Widgets
• Assets
• Extensions

Handling Requests ¶

• Request Handling Overview
• Bootstrapping
• Routing and URL Creation
• Requests
• Responses
• Sessions and Cookies
• Handling Errors
• Logging

Key Concepts ¶

• Components
• Properties
• Events
• Behaviors
• Configurations
• Aliases
• Class Autoloading
• Service Locator
• Dependency Injection Container

Working with Databases ¶

• Database Access Objects: Connecting to a database, basic queries, transactions, and schema manipulation
• Query Builder: Querying the database using a simple abstraction layer
• Active Record: The Active Record ORM, retrieving and manipulating records, and defining relations
• Migrations: Apply version control to your databases in a team development environment
• Sphinx
• Redis
• MongoDB
• ElasticSearch

Getting Data from Users ¶

• Creating Forms
• Validating Input
• Uploading Files
• Collecting Tabular Input
• Getting Data for Multiple Models
• Extending ActiveForm on the Client Side

Displaying Data ¶

• Data Formatting
• Pagination
• Sorting
• Data Providers
• Data Widgets
• Working with Client Scripts
• Theming

Security ¶

• Security Overview
• Authentication
• Authorization
• Working with Passwords
• Cryptography
• Auth Clients
• Best Practices

Caching ¶

• Caching Overview
• Data Caching
• Fragment Caching
• Page Caching
• HTTP Caching

RESTful Web Services ¶

• Quick Start
• Resources
• Controllers
• Routing
• Response Formatting
• Authentication
• Rate Limiting
• Versioning
• Error Handling

Development Tools ¶

• Debug Toolbar and Debugger
• Generating Code using Gii
• Generating API Documentation

Testing ¶

• Testing Overview
• Testing environment setup
• Unit Tests
• Functional Tests
• Acceptance Tests
• Fixtures

Special Topics ¶

• Advanced Project Template
• Building Application from Scratch
• Console Commands
• Core Validators
• Docker
• Internationalization
• Mailing
• Performance Tuning
• Shared Hosting Environment
• Template Engines
• Working with Third-Party Code
• Using Yii as a micro framework

Widgets ¶

• GridView
• ListView
• DetailView
• ActiveForm
• Pjax
• Menu
• LinkPager
• LinkSorter
• Bootstrap Widgets
• jQuery UI Widgets

Helpers ¶

• Helpers Overview
• ArrayHelper
• Html
• Url