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Mastering Yii

By : Charles R. Portwood ll
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Mastering Yii

By: Charles R. Portwood ll

Overview of this book

The successor of Yii Framework 1.1, Yii 2 is a complete rewrite of Yii Framework, one of the most popular PHP 5 frameworks around for making modern web applications. The update embraces the best practices and protocols established with newer versions of PHP, while still maintaining the simple, fast, and extendable behavior found in its predecessor. This book has been written to enhance your skills and knowledge with Yii Framework 2. Starting with configuration and how to initialize new projects, you’ll learn how to configure, manage, and use every aspect of Yii2 from Gii, DAO, Query Builder, Active Record, and migrations, to asset manager. You'll also discover how to automatically test your code using codeception. With this book by your side, you’ll have all the skills you need to quickly create rich modern web and console applications with Yii 2.

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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Mastering Yii
Mastering Yii
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Composer, Configuration, Classes, and Path Aliases
Composer, Configuration, Classes, and Path Aliases
Composer
Configuration
Components and objects
Path aliases
Summary
2
Console Commands and Applications
Console Commands and Applications
Configuration and usage
Built-in console commands
Creating console commands
Summary
3
Migrations, DAO, and Query Building
Migrations, DAO, and Query Building
Connecting to databases
Writing database migrations
Database access objects
Query Builder
Data providers and data widgets
Data replication and load balancing
Summary
4
Active Record, Models, and Forms
Active Record, Models, and Forms
Configuring Gii
Active Record
Models
Forms
Summary
5
Modules, Widgets, and Helpers
Modules, Widgets, and Helpers
Modules
Widgets
Helpers
Summary
6
Asset Management
Asset Management
Asset bundles
Third-party asset tools
Summary
7
Authenticating and Authorizing Users
Authenticating and Authorizing Users
Authentication of users
Authorization
Flash messages
Hashing and encryption
Summary
8
Routing, Responses, and Events
Routing, Responses, and Events
Routing
Requests
Responses
Events
Summary
9
RESTful APIs
RESTful APIs
ActiveController
Authentication filters
Verb filters
Cross-origin resource headers
Rate Limiting
Error handling
Custom API controllers
Summary
10
Testing with Codeception
Testing with Codeception
Reasons for testing
Configuring Codeception with Yii2
Unit testing
Functional testing
Acceptance testing
Fixtures
Automatic change testing
Summary
11
Internationalization and Localization
Internationalization and Localization
Configuring Yii2 and PHP
The application language
Message translations
Viewing file translations
Module translations
Widget translations
Summary
12
Performance and Security
Performance and Security
Caching
General performance enhancements
Security considerations
Summary
13
Debugging and Deploying
Debugging and Deploying
Debugging
Deploying
Summary
Index
Index

Module translations

As separate entities, modules should contain their own message files separate from your application message files. The recommended way to use messages within modules is as follows:

  1. Within the init() method of your module, define a new translation section for your module:

    parent::init();Yii::$app->i18n->translations['modules/mymodule*'] = [
    'class' => 'yii\i18n\PhpMessageSource',
    'sourceLanguage' => 'en-US',
    'basePath' => '@app/modules/mymodule/messages'
];

  2. Create a static method wrapper for Yii::t():

    public static function t($category, $message, $params = [], $language = null)
{
    return Yii::t('modules/mymodule/' . $category, $message, $params, $language);
}

  3. Finally, create a separate message configuration file within the messages/ directory of your module that specifies the translator to be <ModuleName>::t:

    <?php return [
    'sourcePath' => __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..',
    'languages' => ['de'],
    'translator' =>...
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