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dominus77/yii2-advanced-start
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Yii 2 Advanced start template on Yii2

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Yii2 Start Project Advanced Template
====================================

[](#yii2-start-project-advanced-template)

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The application is built using advanced pattern and has a modular structure. Backend part uses [AdminLTE](https://adminlte.io/) template Available console user management commands and RBAC system.

Base components
---------------

[](#base-components)

Pages (backend AdminLTE template)

- Home
- Users
- RBAC
- Profile
- Login
- [Maintenance](https://github.com/Dominus77/yii2-maintenance)

Pages (frontend)

- Home
- Contact
- Sign Up
- Profile
- Login
- [Maintenance](https://github.com/Dominus77/yii2-maintenance)

Modules

- main
- rbac
- users

Functional

- Reset password
- Confirmation by email
- Last visit
- RBAC Management from the console and web interface
- [Maintenance](https://github.com/Dominus77/yii2-maintenance)

System

- RBAC (DbManager)
- Manage users
- [Manage maintenance](https://github.com/Dominus77/yii2-maintenance)
- Console commands
- i18n

CSS Themes Bootstrap
--------------------

[](#css-themes-bootstrap)

The template includes the of the CSS Theme Bootstrap

Switching the theme occurs in the `/frontend/config/main.php`

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

The minimum requirement by this project template that your Web server supports PHP 5.6.0.

Directory Structure
-------------------

[](#directory-structure)

```
api
    components/          contains components api application
    config/              contains api application configurations
    messages/            contains i18n api application
    modules/             contains modules api version application
    runtime/             contains files generated during runtime
    tests/               contains tests for api application
    web/                 contains the entry script
common
    assets/              contains application assets such as JavaScript and CSS
    components/          contains components frontend, backend and console
    config/              contains shared configurations
    mail/                contains layouts files for e-mails
    messages/            contains i18n backend frontend
    models/              contains model classes used in both backend and frontend
    tests/               contains tests for common classes
    widgets/             contains widgets backend and frontend
console
    components/          contains console components
    config/              contains console configurations
    controllers/         contains console controllers (commands)
    messages/            contains i18n console
    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
    components/          contains backend components
    config/              contains backend configurations
    controllers/         contains Web controller classes
    messages/            contains i18n backend
    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
    widgets/             contains backend widgets
frontend
    assets/              contains application assets such as JavaScript and CSS
    config/              contains frontend configurations
    controllers/         contains Web controller classes
    messages/            contains i18n frontend
    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
modules/
    main/               contains module main
        controllers/    contains module Web controller classes
            backend/    contains module backend Web controller classes
            frontend/   contains module frontend Web controller classes
        messages/       contains i18n module
        models/         contains module-specific model classes
            backend/    contains module backend-specific model classes
            frontend/   contains module frontend-specific model classes
        traits/         contains module traits
        views/          contains module view files for the Web application
            backend/    contains module backend view files for the Web application
            frontend/   contains module frontend view files for the Web application
        Bootstrap.php   File autoload module settings app components (urlManager)
        Module.php      General Module class
    rbac/               contains module rbac
        components/     rules and rbac init
            behavior/   access backend behavior
        console/        contains console controllers (commands)
        controllers/    contains module Web controller classes
            backend/    contains module backend Web controller classes
        messages/       contains i18n module
        migrations/     contains database migrations module
        models/         contains module-specific model classes
        tests/          contains module tests
        traits/         contains module traits
        views/          contains module view files for the Web application
            backend/    contains module backend view files for the Web application
        Bootstrap.php   File autoload module settings app components (urlManager)
        Module.php      General Module class
    users/              contains module users
        behavior/       contains module behavior
        commands/       contains console controllers (commands)
        controllers/    contains module Web controller classes
            backend/    contains module backend Web controller classes
            frontend/   contains module frontend Web controller classes
        mail/           contains module view files for e-mails
        messages/       contains i18n module
        migrations/     contains database migrations module
        models/         contains module-specific model classes
            backend/    contains module backend-specific model classes
            frontend/   contains module frontend-specific model classes
        traits/         contains module traits
        views/          contains module view files for the Web application
            ajax/       contains module ajax.js
            backend/    contains module backend view files for the Web application
            frontend/   contains module frontend view files for the Web application
        widgets/        contains module widgets
        Bootstrap.php   File autoload module settings app components (urlManager)
        Module.php      General Module class

```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this project is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Create a project:

```
composer create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev dominus77/yii2-advanced-start public_html
```

or clone the repository for `pull` command availability:

```
git clone https://github.com/Dominus77/yii2-advanced-start.git public_html
cd public_html
composer install
```

Init an environment:

Run command in the root directory `public_html` of the project

if Development environment

```
composer app-init-dev

```

if Production environment

```
composer app-init-prod

```

otherwise choose Wednesday

```
php init

```

### Yii Application Requirement Checker

[](#yii-application-requirement-checker)

See `http://sitename.com/requirements.php`

> Note: For production environment it is recommended to delete the `frontend\web\requirements.php` file

If everything is in order, move on, otherwise configure the server configuration.

Continue
--------

[](#continue)

Create a database, default configure yii2\_advanced\_start in `common\config\main-local.php`

```
$config = [
    //...
    'components' => [
        'db' => [
            'dsn' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=yii2_advanced_start',
            //...
        ],
        //...
    ],
    //...
];
```

Apply migration:

```
composer migrate-up
```

Initialization RBAC:

```
composer rbac-init
```

Create user, enter the command and follow the instructions:

```
php yii users/user/create
```

- Username: set username (admin);
- Email: set email (`admin@example.com`);
- Password: set password (min 6 symbol);
- Status: set status (0 - blocked, 1 - active, 2 - wait, ? - Help);

Assign role admin:

```
php yii rbac/roles/assign
```

- Username: set username (admin);
- Role: set role (admin, editor, manager, super\_admin, user, ? - Help); (This set configure rbac module models Role.php, Permission.php and in folder components to RbacInit.php)

If you are installing the server into the public\_html folder on the server with Apache, you must configure redirection. At the root folder, create a public\_html .hitaccess with the following content:

```
Options FollowSymLinks
AddDefaultCharset utf-8

    RewriteEngine On

    # the main rewrite rule for the frontend application
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(backend/web|admin)
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(api/web|api)
    RewriteRule !^frontend/web /frontend/web%{REQUEST_URI} [L]

    # redirect to the page without a trailing slash (uncomment if necessary)
    #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/admin/$
    #RewriteRule ^(admin)/ /$1 [L,R=301]
    # the main rewrite rule for the backend application
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/admin
    RewriteRule ^admin(.*) /backend/web/$1 [L]

    # redirect to the page without a trailing slash (uncomment if necessary)
    #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/api/$
    #RewriteRule ^(api)/ /$1 [L,R=301]
    # the main rewrite rule for the api application
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/api
    RewriteRule ^api(.*) /api/web/$1 [L]

    # if a directory or a file of the frontend application exists, use the request directly
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/frontend/web
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    # otherwise forward the request to index.php
    RewriteRule . /frontend/web/index.php [L]

    # if a directory or a file of the backend application exists, use the request directly
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/backend/web
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    # otherwise forward the request to index.php
    RewriteRule . /backend/web/index.php [L]

    # if a directory or a file of the api application exists, use the request directly
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/api/web
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    # otherwise forward the request to index.php
    RewriteRule . /api/web/index.php [L]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(htaccess|htpasswd|svn|git)
    RewriteRule \.(htaccess|htpasswd|svn|git) - [F]

```

The web folder, the backend, frontend and api parts also add .hitaccess:

```
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php
```

Now frontend is available at `http://sitename.com`, and backend at `http://sitename.com/admin`, and api `http://sitename.com/api/v1/users`

Code Sniffer
------------

[](#code-sniffer)

```
composer check-style
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Create a database, default configure yii2\_advanced\_start\_test in `common\config\test-local.php`

```
$config = [
    //...
    'components' => [
        'db' => [
            'dsn' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=yii2_advanced_start_test',
            //...
        ],
        //...
    ],
    //...
];
```

Apply migration:

```
composer migrate-test-up
```

#### Run in console

[](#run-in-console)

```
composer build
composer test
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The BSD License (BSD). Please see [License File](https://github.com/Dominus77/yii2-advanced-start/blob/master/LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

37

—

LowBetter than 83% of packages

Maintenance30

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.9% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~177 days

Recently: every ~248 days

Total

9

Last Release

2071d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02017-10-14

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP &gt;=5.4.0

2.2.0PHP &gt;=5.6.0

2.3.0PHP &gt;=5.6

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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