Wiki articles in category FAQs

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"Why do I get a 403 error when trying to use Gii?"

Created 13 years ago by Steve Friedl, updated 13 years ago by Steve Friedl.

After enabling the Gii module in your protected/config/main.php file and then try to use it with http://example.com/index.php?r=gii, you get an error: ~~~ Error 403 You are not allowed to access this page. ~~~ This is almost certainly caused by the IP filtering mechanism that Gii uses to protect your system from outsiders - by default it allows localhost only (both IPv4 and IPv6), and r...

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Tags: config, Gii

Common Yii questions

Created 12 years ago by dckurushin, updated 12 years ago by migajek.

Put attention of the question answer form

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Creating a parameterized LIKE query

Created 12 years ago by Steve Friedl, updated 12 years ago by Asgaroth.

It's common to see users wishing to make substring DB queries, using the % metacharacter used to match anything; in this FAQ we'll search the tbl_comments table from the blog tutorial hoping to find the text in $match in the content column

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Understanding "Safe" Validation Rules

Created 13 years ago by Steve Friedl, updated 11 years ago by Gismo.

A common source of confusion among new Yii users is how the 'safe' validator works, how it works with other validators, and why it's necessary in the first place. This article means to clear up this confusion, as well as explain the notion of Massive Assignment.

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Understanding the view rendering flow

Created 12 years ago by dckurushin, updated 10 years ago by Jorgee.

If we take a look at the blog demo we have 3 major parts of our view rendering. They are:

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Relations: BELONGS_TO versus HAS_ONE

Created 12 years ago by Steve Friedl, updated 10 years ago by Jorgee.

It's very common to see new Yii users confusing the relations HAS_ONE and BELONGS_TO, and getting it wrong means you won't get proper values back. And though we'll talk about HAS_MANY as well, we're specifically omitting the MANY_MANY relation because it's a whole different animal.

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Overcoming removal of client helpers (e.g. ajaxLink) and ClientScript in Yii 2.0

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

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:

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Version: 2.0
Category: FAQs

Show raw SQL query

Created 7 years ago by darioo, updated 7 years ago by darioo.

Here's a quick tip to dump the SQL for query.

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Version: 2.0
Category: FAQs

When to use Active Record

Created 5 years ago by samdark, updated 3 years ago by samdark.

When to use Active Record is a common question among developers, Yii and overall.

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