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Upload files in Yii2 with MongoDb and GridFs

Created 10 years ago by edoardo849, updated 4 years ago by pceuropa.

Uploading files in a webapp can be extremely tricky and sometimes the quickest way to do it is to store the file directly in the webserver or into a DNS (like Amazon S3) and then to save the link and the metadata inside a table in the DB. The thing is that you'll have to deal with file permissions, server storage, file management and so on (which is perfectly fine, by the way).

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Version: 2.0
Category: How-tos

Yii 2 list of path aliases available with default basic and advanced app.

Created 9 years ago by Kartik V, updated 9 years ago by Kartik V.

If you are coming over from Yii 1.x to Yii 2, and already read this guide, you may note that namespaces are very important in Yii 2 to identify classes. But do you know the list of seeded path aliases that come shipped with a basic or advanced app? Here is my attempt to list them.

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tips

Using your own forked version of extensions with composer

Created 9 years ago by Kartik V, updated 8 years ago by Kartik V.

So you want to use a fork of any existing vendor extension with your Yii 2 install and use the fork, instead of original source. This does not need you to push any update or register your package on packagist.org. You are recommended to follow the approach below:

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tutorials

Managing a star rating with the StarRating widget in Yii 2

Created 9 years ago by Kartik V, updated 9 years ago by Kartik V.

In Yii 1.x, there was a built in widget CStarRating based on the jquery star rating plugin. There exists no prebuilt solution in Yii2, however the same concepts can be extended using any jquery plugin.

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Version: 2.0
Category: How-tos

An alternative way to ElasticSearch

Created 5 years ago by Necip, updated a year ago by Necip.

This article is for those who have dealt with the complexity of Elasticsearch or any other indexing machines and are looking for an easier way to index the existing database without additional effort.

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Version: all
Category: How-tos

How to implement form events

Created 9 years ago by Antonio Ramirez, updated 8 years ago by deacs.

You have that, when a product is on development they can change its API anytime. This change is quite important though, its related on how to set the events of your form, for example, the useful beforeSubmit.

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Version: 2.0
Category: How-tos
Tags: Forms, How to, yii2

Create Form With DynamicModel

Created 9 years ago by Misbahul D Munir, updated 9 years ago by Misbahul D Munir.

In yii2 we can create form without create FormModel. Here we go

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tips
Tags: form, model, yii2

Step by step for how to full export Yii2 grid to excel

Created 9 years ago by Scott_Huang, updated 9 years ago by Scott_Huang.

We will leverage Yii2-excelview widget. So, first of all is install Yii2-excelview:

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tips

Debuging variables in Yii2

Created 9 years ago by johonunu, updated 9 years ago by johonunu.

This tutorial is explained following "basic" application structure.

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tips

Use kartik Growl with Yii2 flash messages

Created 9 years ago by skworden, updated 9 years ago by skworden.

This is to show you how to use Yii2 flash messages with Kartik Growl (bootstrap notify wrapper).

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Version: 2.0
Category: How-tos

Remove Byte Order Mark (BOM) from files recursively

Created 10 years ago by Kostas Apazidis (KonApaz), updated 5 years ago by samdark.

The problem was that all my web applications ran normally on localhost, but on server the Greek characters (or any other no-english characters) displayed with problems.

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Version: all
Category: How-tos

Yii2: How to create/develop a new extension using Composer locally without version control or Git

Created 7 years ago by Wade Shuler, updated 5 years ago by jwerner.

Using a version control system, like Git, is nice. However, when building an extension from scratch and loading it via Composer, it adds a lot of pain in the butt steps. You have to commit your changes, update composer to pull them over, then notice there is an error, fix, commit, update. repeat.. I don't want all my baby steps under Git. Sure, I could edit my commit history, but c'mon. Just let m...

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Version: 2.0
Category: How-tos

Optimize Scenarios for yii2

Created 7 years ago by AndroideLP, updated 4 years ago by AndroideLP.

Working with scenarios, with models that can receive many modifications in their rules or structures as development evolves, can create disruptions in the rescue process.

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tutorials
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Version: all
Category: Others

How to send emails using SMTP

Created 9 years ago by robregonm, updated 5 years ago by Wade Shuler.
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Version: 2.0
Category: How-tos

Yii2 default values for Index data Provider

Created 9 years ago by CTala, updated 9 years ago by CTala.

Guys,

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tips

FORM with GET method causes repeated stacking of URL Parameters

Created 9 years ago by Kartik V, updated 9 years ago by toph.

// In Yii 1.x $form = $this->beginWidget('CActiveForm', [

'id' => 'order-search-form',
'method' => 'get',

]); echo $form->textInput($searchModel, 'id'); echo CHtml::submitButton('Find', ['class' => 'btn btn-primary']); $this->endWidget(); `

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Version: all
Category: Tips

Displaying uploaded file from DB for update with FileInput widget

Created 9 years ago by Kartik V, updated 9 years ago by Kartik V.

This is for folks who are using \kartik\widgets\FileInput to upload files from your client. How do you display an image for update after you have uploaded it to the server using the widget?

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Version: 2.0
Category: How-tos

How to use imagine ( crop, thumb, effects for images ) on Yii2

Created 9 years ago by Anas AbuDayah, updated 8 years ago by Cozumel.

Imagine adds most common image functions and also acts as a wrapper to Imagine image manipulation library.

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tutorials

Aadhar Number Validator

Created a year ago by shiv.

In India have Aadhar number an we may need to valid it a input. So I created a validator for yii2

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tips
Tags: validator