Yii PHP Framework
● a high-performance PHP5-Framework
● component-based
● easy, efficient, extensible
● best for developing large-scale Web Apps
● written strict OOP
● current version 1.0.7

Features
● Model-View-Controller Design Pattern
● Database Access Objects (DAO)
● Active Record
● Authentication & Authorization
● Web Services
● I18N & L10N

More Features
● Form Input & Validation
● Code Generation
● Theming
● Caching
● Security
● Integration with JQuery-Framework

Installation
● Download From
http://www.yiiframework.com/download
● Unpack to your webservers document root
● Check requirements by accessing
http://localhost/yii/requirements/index.php
● Try demos http://localhost/yii/demos

Quickstart
● A simple News – CRUD
● Create a news folder in yii/demos
● Open your command line
● Move to yii/framework folder
● yiic webapp ../demos/news
● Now have a look at
http://localhost/yii/demos/news

Quickstart II
● Create a table news in your database
● Id, title, text, created
● Edit yii/demos/news/protected/config/main.php
'db' => array(
"connectionString" => "mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test",
"username" => "root",
"password" => "root",
"charset" => "utf8"
),

Quickstart III
● Open your command line
● Move to yii/demos/news/protected
● yiic shell ../index.php
● >>model News
● >>crud News
● http://localhost/yii/demos/news/?r=news
● et voilà!

Quickstart IV
● Without writing any line of code we have
● a Homepage
● a Contact Form with Captcha
● a Login (admin/admin)
● a News App to list, create, read, update and
delete News items

What next?
● change your views, edit your forms
● implement business rules in your models
● create your own User authentication
● create your own web service
● Check out the documentation at
http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide
● Check out the API
http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api

Thank you!
● This was an Introduction to the Yii PHP
Framework
● my name is Marko Bischof
● from Hannover, Germany
● If you understand german, check my yii notes at
http://blog.mbischof.de/kategorie/yii
● contact me http://www.mbischof.de