Today I will show you how to install the Yii framework:
Yii is a fast, secure, and efficient PHP framework.
Flexible yet pragmatic.
Works right out of the box.
Has reasonable defaults.
First, let's install the PHP , see
the official webpage.
Fedora for PHP development.
[mythcat@desk ~]$ sudo dnf install php-cli
...
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): php-common-7.3.13-1.fc31.x86_64.rpm 794 kB/s | 760 kB 00:00
(2/2): php-cli-7.3.13-1.fc31.x86_64.rpm 2.2 MB/s | 2.8 MB 00:01
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Total 1.6 MB/s | 3.5 MB 00:02
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : php-common-7.3.13-1.fc31.x86_64 1/2
Installing : php-cli-7.3.13-1.fc31.x86_64 2/2
Running scriptlet: php-cli-7.3.13-1.fc31.x86_64 2/2
Verifying : php-cli-7.3.13-1.fc31.x86_64 1/2
Verifying : php-common-7.3.13-1.fc31.x86_64 2/2
Installed:
php-cli-7.3.13-1.fc31.x86_64 php-common-7.3.13-1.fc31.x86_64
Complete!
Install these packages: PHPUnit for unit tests or Composer.
[mythcat@desk ~]$ sudo dnf install phpunit composer
...
Complete!
Install mysqli extension:
[mythcat@desk ~]$ sudo dnf install php-mysqli
...
Installed:
php-mysqlnd-7.3.13-1.fc31.x86_64
Complete!
You can start the server:
[mythcat@desk ~]$ sudo php --server localhost:8080 --docroot .
PHP 7.3.13 Development Server started at Tue Jan 14 21:58:19 2020
Listening on http://localhost:8080
Document root is /home/mythcat
Press Ctrl-C to quit.
[Tue Jan 14 21:58:40 2020] [::1]:32988 [404]: / - No such file or directory
[Tue Jan 14 21:58:40 2020] [::1]:32990 [404]: / - No such file or directory
[Tue Jan 14 21:58:42 2020] [::1]:33014 [404]: /favicon.ico - No such file or directory
[Tue Jan 14 21:59:48 2020] [::1]:33080 [404]: / - No such file or directory
...
The
composer command has these arguments:
[mythcat@desk ~]$ composer
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Composer version 1.9.1 2019-11-01 17:20:17
Usage:
command [options] [arguments]
Options:
-h, --help Display this help message
-q, --quiet Do not output any message
-V, --version Display this application version
--ansi Force ANSI output
--no-ansi Disable ANSI output
-n, --no-interaction Do not ask any interactive question
--profile Display timing and memory usage information
--no-plugins Whether to disable plugins.
-d, --working-dir=WORKING-DIR If specified, use the given directory as working directory.
--no-cache Prevent use of the cache
-v|vv|vvv, --verbose Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output,
2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
Available commands:
about Shows the short information about Composer.
archive Creates an archive of this composer package.
browse Opens the package's repository URL or homepage in your browser.
check-platform-reqs Check that platform requirements are satisfied.
clear-cache Clears composer's internal package cache.
clearcache Clears composer's internal package cache.
config Sets config options.
create-project Creates new project from a package into given directory.
depends Shows which packages cause the given package to be installed.
diagnose Diagnoses the system to identify common errors.
dump-autoload Dumps the autoloader.
dumpautoload Dumps the autoloader.
exec Executes a vendored binary/script.
global Allows running commands in the global composer dir ($COMPOSER_HOME).
help Displays help for a command
home Opens the package's repository URL or homepage in your browser.
i Installs the project dependencies from the composer.lock file if present,
or falls back on the composer.json.
info Shows information about packages.
init Creates a basic composer.json file in current directory.
install Installs the project dependencies from the composer.lock file if present,
or falls back on the composer.json.
licenses Shows information about licenses of dependencies.
list Lists commands
outdated Shows a list of installed packages that have updates available, including
their latest version.
prohibits Shows which packages prevent the given package from being installed.
remove Removes a package from the require or require-dev.
require Adds required packages to your composer.json and installs them.
run Runs the scripts defined in composer.json.
run-script Runs the scripts defined in composer.json.
search Searches for packages.
show Shows information about packages.
status Shows a list of locally modified packages, for packages installed from source.
suggests Shows package suggestions.
u Upgrades your dependencies to the latest version according to composer.json,
and updates the composer.lock file.
update Upgrades your dependencies to the latest version according to composer.json,
and updates the composer.lock file.
upgrade Upgrades your dependencies to the latest version according to composer.json,
and updates the composer.lock file.
validate Validates a composer.json and composer.lock.
why Shows which packages cause the given package to be installed.
why-not Shows which packages prevent the given package from being installed.
Let's install
the Yii framework:
[mythcat@desk ~]$ composer create-project --prefer-dist yiisoft/yii2-app-basic basic
Installing yiisoft/yii2-app-basic (2.0.31)
- Installing yiisoft/yii2-app-basic (2.0.31): Downloading (100%)
Created project in basic
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
...
Writing lock file
Generating autoload files
> yii\composer\Installer::postCreateProject
chmod('runtime', 0777)...done.
chmod('web/assets', 0777)...done.
chmod('yii', 0755)...done.
> yii\composer\Installer::postInstall
Let's run it:
[mythcat@desk ~]$ cd basic/
[mythcat@desk basic]$ ./yii serve
Server started on http://localhost:8080/
Document root is "/home/mythcat/basic/web"
Quit the server with CTRL-C or COMMAND-C.
[Tue Jan 14 22:20:22 2020] [::1]:34072 [200]: /
[Tue Jan 14 22:20:22 2020] [::1]:34074 [200]: /assets/dd70c73/css/bootstrap.css
[Tue Jan 14 22:20:22 2020] [::1]:34076 [200]: /css/site.css
[Tue Jan 14 22:20:22 2020] [::1]:34078 [200]: /assets/afa8d426/jquery.js
[Tue Jan 14 22:20:22 2020] [::1]:34080 [200]: /assets/3235fb02/yii.js
[Tue Jan 14 22:20:22 2020] [::1]:34082 [200]: /assets/dd70c73/js/bootstrap.js
[Tue Jan 14 22:20:23 2020] [::1]:34084 [200]: /index.php?r=debug%2Fdefault%2Ftoolbar&tag=5e1e228626c18
