The minimum necessary site structure to run Yii, Part ii

Published on 7/15/2011

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In a previous post , I discussed how to make a minimal site with Yii. Well, here’s an even smaller one, with only two files, maybe five lines of code, and no folders:

index.php:

<?
//load yii framework (you'll likely have to change the path):

require_once( dirname(__FILE__).'/../../yii/framework/yii.php' );

//create the app. note that it does not require a config file, you can just pass in an array:

$app = Yii::createWebApplication( array (
  'basePath' => dirname( __FILE__ ) , // if you don't want Protected folder
  'controllerPath' => '' // if you don't want Controllers folder
))->run();

?>

SiteController.php:

<?
class SiteController extends CController
{
  public function actionIndex()
  {
    echo 'hello world';
  }
}
?>

Now, this doesn’t work with Gii or crazy things like assets, but that’s probably the smallest Yii installation you can make

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