The basic web site installation should be modified to enable pretty url’s.
Modify config web.php to turn pretty url’s on.
'components' => [
// ...
'urlManager' => [
'class' => 'yii\web\UrlManager',
// Hide index.php
'showScriptName' => false,
// Use pretty URLs
'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
'rules' => [
],
],
// ...
],
The next step is to place a .httpaccess file in the web directory.
RewriteEngine on
# If a directory or a file exists, use it directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Otherwise forward it to index.php
RewriteRule . index.php
You should also update the cookie key in the config web.php file.
<?php
$params = require(__DIR__ . '/params.php');
$db = require(__DIR__ . '/db.php');
$config = [
'id' => 'basic',
'basePath' => dirname(__DIR__),
'bootstrap' => ['log'],
'components' => [
'request' => [
// !!! insert a secret key in the following (if it is empty) - this is required by cookie validation
'cookieValidationKey' => 'AMBSecretKey',
],
'cache' => [
'class' => 'yii\caching\FileCache',
],
'user' => [
'identityClass' => 'app\models\User',
'enableAutoLogin' => true,
],
'errorHandler' => [
'errorAction' => 'site/error',
],
'mailer' => [
'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
// send all mails to a file by default. You have to set
// 'useFileTransport' to false and configure a transport
// for the mailer to send real emails.
'useFileTransport' => true,
],
'log' => [
'traceLevel' => YII_DEBUG ? 3 : 0,
'targets' => [
[
'class' => 'yii\log\FileTarget',
'levels' => ['error', 'warning'],
],
],
],
'db' => $db,
'urlManager' => [
'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
'showScriptName' => false,
'rules' => [
],
],
],
'params' => $params,
];
if (YII_ENV_DEV) {
// configuration adjustments for 'dev' environment
$config['bootstrap'][] = 'debug';
$config['modules']['debug'] = [
'class' => 'yii\debug\Module',
// uncomment the following to add your IP if you are not connecting from localhost.
//'allowedIPs' => ['127.0.0.1', '::1'],
];
$config['bootstrap'][] = 'gii';
$config['modules']['gii'] = [
'class' => 'yii\gii\Module',
// uncomment the following to add your IP if you are not connecting from localhost.
//'allowedIPs' => ['127.0.0.1', '::1'],
];
}
return $config;
To complete the basic modifications change all references from “My Company” to something more suitable in the main.php file.
Below is the main.php with all the occurrences changed.
<?php
/* @var $this \yii\web\View */
/* @var $content string */
use yii\helpers\Html;
use yii\bootstrap\Nav;
use yii\bootstrap\NavBar;
use yii\widgets\Breadcrumbs;
use app\assets\AppAsset;
AppAsset::register($this);
?>
<?php $this->beginPage() ?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="<?= Yii::$app->language ?>">
<head>
<meta charset="<?= Yii::$app->charset ?>">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<?= Html::csrfMetaTags() ?>
<title><?= Html::encode($this->title) ?></title>
<?php $this->head() ?>
</head>
<body>
<?php $this->beginBody() ?>
<div class="wrap">
<?php
NavBar::begin([
'brandLabel' => 'Brooks Computing Systems, LLC',
'brandUrl' => Yii::$app->homeUrl,
'options' => [
'class' => 'navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top',
],
]);
echo Nav::widget([
'options' => ['class' => 'navbar-nav navbar-right'],
'items' => [
['label' => 'Home', 'url' => ['/site/index']],
['label' => 'About', 'url' => ['/site/about']],
['label' => 'Contact', 'url' => ['/site/contact']],
Yii::$app->user->isGuest ? (
['label' => 'Login', 'url' => ['/site/login']]
) : (
'<li>'
. Html::beginForm(['/site/logout'], 'post')
. Html::submitButton(
'Logout (' . Yii::$app->user->identity->username . ')',
['class' => 'btn btn-link logout']
)
. Html::endForm()
. '</li>'
)
],
]);
NavBar::end();
?>
<div class="container">
<?= Breadcrumbs::widget([
'links' => isset($this->params['breadcrumbs']) ? $this->params['breadcrumbs'] : [],
]) ?>
<?= $content ?>
</div>
</div>
<footer class="footer">
<div class="container">
<p class="pull-left">© Brooks Computing Systems, LLC <?= date('Y') ?></p>
<p class="pull-right"><?= Yii::powered() ?></p>
</div>
</footer>
<?php $this->endBody() ?>
</body>
</html>
<?php $this->endPage() ?>
These modifications should supply a reasonable base line for subsequent Yii2 development
Mr. Arch Brooks, Software Engineer, Brooks Computing Systems, LLC authored this article.