Displaying static pages

If you have a few static pages and aren't going to change them very frequently, then it's not worth querying the database and implementing page management for them.

Getting ready

Create a new application using the Composer package manager, as described in the official guide at http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-startinstallation.html.

How to do it…

1. Create the test controller file, @app/controllers/TestController.php, as follows:

   <?php
   
   namespace app\controllers;
   
   use yii\web\Controller;
   
   class TestController extends Controller
   {
       public function actions()
       {
           return [
               'page' => [
                   'class' => 'yii\web\ViewAction',
               ]
           ];
       }
   }

2. Now, put your pages into views/test/pages, and name them index.php and contact.php. The content of index.php is as follows:

   <h1>Index</h1>
   content of index file
   
   Contact.php content is:
   
   <h2>Contacts</h2>
   <p>Our contact: contact@localhost</p...