Code generation
Yii2 provides the powerful module Gii to generate models, controllers, and views, which you can easily modify and customize. It's a really helpful tool for fast and quick development.
In this section we will explore how to use Gii and generate code. For example you have a database with one table named film and you would like to create an application with CRUD operations for this table. It's easy.
Getting ready
- Create a new application by using composer as described in the official guide at http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-start-installation.html.
- Download the Sakila database from http://dev.mysql.com/doc/index-other.html.
- Execute the downloaded SQLs: first the schema then the data.
- Configure the database connection in
config/main.php ...
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