Yii is an open source project released under the terms of the BSD License. This means that you can use Yii for free to develop either open-source or proprietary Web applications.php
Currently there are two major versions of Yii: 2.0 and 1.1.html
The latest version of Yii 2 is 2.0.10, released on October 20, 2016. Yii 2.0 is a complete rewrite of Yii on top of PHP 5.4.0. It is aimed to be a state-of-the-art of the new generation of PHP framework. Yii 2.0 is not compatible with 1.1.jquery
There are two ways to install Yii 2: using Composer, or downloading an application template. We highly recommend you to use the former.git
This is the preferred way of installing Yii 2.0. If you do not have Composer yet, you may install it by following the instructions here.github
After installing Composer, run the following command to install the Composer Asset Plugin:yii2
php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:~1.2.0"
Now choose one of the application templates to start installing Yii 2.0. An application template is a package that contains a skeleton Web application written in Yii.app
php composer.phar create-project yiisoft/yii2-app-basic basic 2.0.10
php composer.phar create-project yiisoft/yii2-app-advanced advanced 2.0.10
composer updatecomposer
Note that you may be prompted to enter your GitHub username and password during the installation process. This is normal. Just enter them and continue.yii
Download one of the following archive files, and then extract it to a Web-accessible folder:ide
If you are upgrading from Yii 2.0.0 with composer, simply run the following commands in your project's root directory:
First, make sure you have the latest version of the Composer Asset Plugin:
php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:~1.1.1"
Then upgrade Yii by running:
php composer.phar update yiisoft/yii2 yiisoft/yii2-composer bower-asset/jquery.inputmask
If you installed Yii using an archive file, you should download the new release file, extract it and replace the older version with the new one.
Upgrading from Yii 1.1 is not trivial. Please refer to the guide about upgrading from Yii 1.1.