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This is an extension to Yii 2.0: Write & use a custom Component in Yii2.0 for Advanced Template

Please note, that this article will be updated regularly as I have more and more snippets so come back in a few weeks

bad design of Active Record.

This How-To is useful if you are planning to move the Yii vendor directory outside the default location.

1. Create Extension in yii2.

This is how i do before query on Yii 2.0

There are numerous usability problems:

It's easy to execute migration locally on XAMPP using cmd, but on server where you script is it's little bit harder.

I wrote about this on my blog, but wanted to post it here too.

Hello,
If you want to give extra attention for some specific delete actions and you don't want to override whole yii.confirm JS method here is what you can do:
(I've only put the ActionColumn part of the GridView here to just give you the idea)

It is convenient to use the same identification attribute, say info, in all of the active records of your application. It should be a virtual read-only attribute defined by a getter method, its label being the model name.

This tutorial shows you how to safely remove records between relationships.

Upon creating my Yii2 Members System, I have ran into a few snags along the way that forced me to extend and bend Yii2 to my will.

There are a few settings and plugins that can enhance the development experience with Yii in PHPStorm or IntelliJ IDEA. This article explains how to get the most out of your IDE.

An example of customizing the Yii GridView is mentioned here. You can easily override Bootstrap or other styling defaults by changing the GridView default options.

suppose to have in Mongo a collection "user" like:

Alternatively, inline assets (JS/CSS) can be registered at runtime from within the View. For example you can clearly simulate the ajaxLink feature using a inline javascript. Its however recommended if you can merge where possible, client code (JS/CSS) into separate JS/CSS files and loaded through the AssetBundle. Note there is no more need of a CClientScript anymore:

Your need: You require that for shared machines, the user is authenticated again for a backend access again, if someone is logged in from frontend and vice versa.

The yii2-detail-view extension offers you an easy way to EDIT and VIEW your model data, toggle these modes, and adds other features. You can read the extension documentation and/or view a demo of this extension, to understand usage.

I am still new to composer and packagist, so I want to share how I am creating the pdf files because for me was not as simple as it should be.