README

This extension provides a Web-based code generator, called Gii, for Yii framework 2.0 applications. You can use Gii to quickly generate models, forms, modules, CRUD, etc.

For license information check the LICENSE-file.

Documentation is at docs/guide/README.md.

Installation

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

Either run

php composer.phar require --dev --prefer-dist aayaresko/yii2-extended-gii

or add

"aayaresko/yii2-extended-gii": "~2.0.0"

to the require-dev section of your composer.json file.

Usage

Once the extension is installed, simply modify your application configuration as follows:

return [
    'bootstrap' => ['gii'],
    'modules' => [
        'gii' => [
            'class' => 'aayaresko\gii\Module',
        ],
        // ...
    ],
    // ...
];

return [
    'view' => [
        'renderers' => [
            'twig' => [
                'class' => '\yii\twig\ViewRenderer',
                'cachePath' => '@runtime/twig/cache',
                'options' => YII_DEBUG ? [
                    'debug' => true,
                    'auto_reload' => true,
                ] : [],
                'extensions' => YII_DEBUG ? [
                    '\Twig_Extension_Debug',
                ] : [],
                'globals' => [
                    'html' => '\yii\helpers\Html',
                ],
                'functions' => [
                    'translate' => '\Yii::t',
                ],
                'uses' => [
                    'yii\bootstrap'
                ],
            ]
        ]
    ]
]

You can then access Gii through the following URL:

http://localhost/path/to/index.php?r=gii

or if you have enabled pretty URLs, you may use the following URL:

http://localhost/path/to/index.php/gii

Using the same configuration for your console application, you will also be able to access Gii via command line as follows,

# change path to your application's base path
cd path/to/AppBasePath

# show help information about Gii
yii help gii

# show help information about the model generator in Gii
yii help gii/model

# generate City model from city table
yii gii/model --tableName=city --modelClass=City