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Yii2 By Example

You're reading from   Yii2 By Example Develop complete web applications from scratch through practical examples and tips for beginners and more advanced users

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785287411
Length 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fabrizio Caldarelli Fabrizio Caldarelli
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Starting with Yii2 FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating a Simple News Reader 3. Making Pretty URLs 4. Creating a Room through Forms 5. Developing a Reservation System 6. Using a Grid for Data and Relations 7. Working on the User Interface 8. Log in to the App 9. Frontend to Display Rooms to Everyone 10. Localize the App 11. Creating an API for Use in a Mobile App 12. Create a Console Application to Automate the Periodic Task 13. Final Refactoring Index

Using Gii to generate CRUD


We introduced Gii in Chapter 5, Developing a Reservation System, to generate models. Now we want to use Gii to create CRUD actions with a controller and views.

Type http://hostname/basic/web/gii in your browser to return to the Gii welcome page. Click on the Start button of the CRUD section. We have to fill out four fields:

  • Model Class: This is the ActiveRecord class associated with the table where CRUD will be built; this class should be provided using the fully qualified namespaced path, for example: app\models\ModelClass.

  • Search Model Class: This is the name of the search model class to be generated and extended from the model class; this class will provide useful methods and extensions to be used when searching the record. This should be provided using the fully qualified namespaced path, for example: app\models\ModelClassSearch.

  • Controller Class: This is the name of the controller class to be generated; this class should be provided using the fully qualified...

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