Learn Yii 2: Complete Framework Documentation & Examples

The Definitive Yii 2 Guide - Official Documentation

Yii 2 is a modern high-performance PHP framework designed for creating web applications of any complexity level. Based on the "convention over configuration" concept, it combines ease of use with powerful capabilities for professional development. The framework is actively maintained and supported by the community, making it a reliable solution for commercial and enterprise projects.

The architecture of Yii 2 is built around a component model, ensuring application flexibility and scalability. The framework includes built-in mechanisms for database operations, caching, authentication, and RESTful APIs, significantly accelerating the development process. Particular attention is paid to security: Yii 2 provides robust tools for protection against common web threats such as XSS, CSRF, and SQL injection.

This documentation represents the most complete and up-to-date Yii 2 guide in Russian. It covers all aspects of working with the framework - from basic concepts to advanced development techniques. The material is organized to be useful both for beginners just starting with Yii and for experienced developers seeking reference information.

A distinctive feature of Yii 2 is its detailed and well-structured documentation, which greatly simplifies the framework learning process. In this guide, you'll find not only technical specifications but also practical examples, best practice recommendations, and explanations of the framework's key principles. This makes Yii 2 one of the most convenient PHP frameworks to learn and use in professional development.

The documentation is regularly updated to reflect the latest Yii 2 developments and community contributions. Whether you're building a simple blog or a complex enterprise application, this guide provides all the necessary tools and knowledge to work effectively with the Yii 2 framework.

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How to handle controllers in Yii 2 — Yii 2 Controllers Documentation

Yii 2 Controllers Documentation. Yii 2 Controllers are part of the MVC architecture. Yii Controllers are objects of classes extending from [[yii\base\Controller]] and are responsible for processing requests and generating responses. How to handle controllers in Yii 2.

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Working with databases in Yii 2 — Guide to working with databases in Yii 2

Section "Working with Databases" will describe how to create with Yii 2 a new page that displays country data fetched from a database table named country. To achieve this goal, you will configure a database connection, create an Active Record class, define an action, and create a view.

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Yii 2 Working with Forms — Working with Forms in Yii 2

This documentation section of Yii 2 describes how to create a new page with a form for getting data from users.After getting those two pieces of information from the user, the page will echo the entered values back for confirmation.

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First program on Yii 2 — Writing the first code in Yii 2

This section describes how to create a new "Hello" page in your Yii 2 application. Through this tutorial, you will learn three things about Yii 2. In the process of solving the problem, you will create a controller action and a view. At the end you will have a fully working Yii program.

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Url helper provides a set of static methods for managing URLs in Yii 2 requests.

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Yii provides such help in the form of an Html helper, which provides a set of static methods for handling commonly used HTML tags, their options, and their content.

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Additionally to the rich set of PHP array functions, the Yii array helper provides extra static methods allowing you to deal with arrays more efficiently. ArrayHelper for Yii 2.

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Yii provides many classes that help simplify common coding tasks, such as string or array manipulations, HTML code generation. These helper classes are organized under the yii\helpers namespace.

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JUI Extension for Yii 2 is the jQuery UI extension for Yii 2. It encapsulates jQuery UI widgets as Yii widgets, and makes using jQuery UI widgets in Yii applications extremely easy.

Learn Yii 2: Complete Framework Documentation & Examples

Controllers

Working with Forms

Saying Hello

Url Helper

Url Helper

Html helper

Html helper

ArrayHelper

ArrayHelper

Helpers

Helpers

JUI Extension for Yii 2

JUI Extension for Yii 2

Subcategories

Introduction Article Count: 2

Getting Started Article Count: 8

Application Structure Article Count: 12

Handling Requests Article Count: 8

Key Concepts Article Count: 9

Working with Databases Article Count: 8

Getting Data from Users Article Count: 6

Displaying Data Article Count: 7

Security Article Count: 7

Caching Article Count: 5

RESTful Web Services Article Count: 9

Development Tools Article Count: 3

Testing Article Count: 6

Special Topics Article Count: 12

Widgets Article Count: 2

Helpers Article Count: 4

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