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How to: use github for download yii, create new app, and store our modules or extensions.

Created 11 years ago by sensorario, updated 11 years ago by Maurizio Domba Cerin.

Yesterday I've written a module for myself. Just an experiment. When I was feeling satisfied, I've created a repository on github, and pushed my code. My module and yii are on github. So I'll show you a "new" way to start our yii projects.

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MVC primer and 5 minute form walkthrough

Created 11 years ago by rix.rix., updated 11 years ago by rix.rix..

This tutorial assumes some basic knowledge of Yii and a functional development environment.

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Using SQLite and CDbMessageSource as a module

Created 11 years ago by pheadeaux, updated 11 years ago by pheadeaux.

There are scenarios when you work with DVCS (like [Mercurial]( http://mercurial.selenic.com/) or [Git]( http://git-scm.com/)) and CDbMessageSource. To my experience keeping the development database and production database in sync can be very...

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Organize directories for applications with front-end and back-end using WebApplicationEnd behavior

Created 14 years ago by andy_s, updated 11 years ago by kiran sharma.

Previously there was described a way to build an application with front-end and back-end. I would like to continue this theme and suggest another way to organize directories using WebApplicationEnd behavior.

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Advanced CTabView using CClipWidget

Created 15 years ago by krillzip, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

Here is a way to dynamically extend tabs based on clips.
Probably even more complex things could be done.

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How to customize the error message of a validation rule

Created 15 years ago by qiang, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

Validators extending from [CValidator] all have a property named [message|CValidator::message]. You can set this property in the corresponding validation rule to customize the error message. For example, the following validation rule uses an error message that is different from the default one:

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How to automate timestamps in ActiveRecord models

Created 15 years ago by dalip, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

There are many ways to automate the setting of timestamps in yii ActiveRecord models. Three are presented here:

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How to log changes of ActiveRecords?

Created 15 years ago by pfth, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

A simple and effective way to keep track what your users are doing within your application is to log their activities related to database modifications. You can log whenever a record was inserted, changed or deleted, and also when and by which user this was done. For a [CActiveRecord] Model you could use a behavior for this purpose. This way you will be able to add log functionality to ActiveRecor...

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Version: 1.1
Category: Tutorials
Tags: Logging

How to filter data using a dropdown list?

Created 15 years ago by qiang, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

A dropdown list can be used to select a value, based on which we can filter the data to be displayed. For example, the extension page has a dropdown list to filter the displayed extensions according to the selected category.

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How to setup yiic on WAMP (XP/Vista)

Created 15 years ago by krillzip, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

This page assumes that you have installed Wampserver on your MS Windows computer.

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First Yii App: CTabView

Created 15 years ago by meanpenguin, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

Once you are completed with the "Creating First Yii Application", the following can be done.

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How to add more information to Yii::app()->user

Created 15 years ago by qiang, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

By default, the expression Yii::app()->user returns a [CWebUser] [application component](http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/guide/basics.application#application-component) which represents the information that are closely related with the current user. Some information can be persistent throughout the current user session. For example, [CWebUser] already comes with a [name|CWebUser::name] property th...

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AutoTimestampBehavior

Created 15 years ago by jonah, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

This behavior will automatically set timestamp fields to the row creation and modification times.

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How to customize Yii core messages?

Created 15 years ago by qiang, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

Yii core messages refer to static text strings in the core Yii framework code which are meant to be displayed to end-users (e.g. core exception messages, default validation error messages). Customization of these core messages is needed in two circumstances:

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How to use a single form to collect data for two or more models?

Created 15 years ago by qiang, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

Assume we want to use a single HTML form to collect input for both model A and model B, and we want to display input errors (if any) in the same error summary box. We can define the following action code:

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How to generate Web feed for an application

Created 15 years ago by qiang, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

Web feed is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. In this article, we describe how to use Zend_Feed, an excellent component from Zend Framework to generate Web feed for an Yii application. This article can also serve as a general guide...

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How to create a breadcrumb widget

Created 15 years ago by knut, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

Here's a simple way to create a breadcrumb widget to be used in your templates. The idea is just to isolate how the breadcrumb is generated based on an array of crumbs.

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Setting and maintaining the language in Application (i18n)

Created 14 years ago by olafure, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

As seen in this post, Yii doesn't enforce how language is set and maintained within the session.

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How to create/save more Model inputs and make them repeatable with jQuery

Created 14 years ago by qiang, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

This is the first real problem that I encountered using Yii, trying to make a Model input repeatable in the form, validate and save them.

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Use shortcut functions to reduce typing

Created 14 years ago by qiang, updated 11 years ago by Yang He.

Because Yii intends to be integrated nicely with third-party libraries, it does not define any global functions. Everything in Yii needs to be addressed with full class name or object scopes. For example, to access the current user, we need to use Yii::app()->user; to access application parameters, we need Yii::app()->params['name']; and so on. While editors like textmate can help alleviate...

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