setting up the first yii project

Question

I'm trying to open my first yii application just when I write localhost it gives this error :

Warning: require_once(C:\inetpub\wwwroot/../yii-1.1.21.733ac5/yii-1.1.21.733ac5/framework/yii.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.php on line 13

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'C:\inetpub\wwwroot/../yii-1.1.21.733ac5/yii-1.1.21.733ac5/framework/yii.php' (include_path='.;C:\php\pear') in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.php on line 13

which and where the file for the yii.app I must put it ?

Here's what in the index :

<?php

// change the following paths if necessary
$yii=dirname(__FILE__).'C:\yii\yii-1.1.21.733ac5\yii-1.1.21.733ac5\framework\yii.php';

$config=dirname(__FILE__).'/protected/config/main.php';

// remove the following lines when in production mode
defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG',true);
// specify how many levels of call stack should be shown in each log message
defined('YII_TRACE_LEVEL') or define('YII_TRACE_LEVEL',3);

require_once($yii);
Yii::createWebApplication($config)->run();
?>

mcserep mcserep · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-17T12:56:23

The issue is with the path given to load the Yii framework:

// change the following paths if necessary
$yii=dirname(__FILE__).'C:\yii\yii-1.1.21.733ac5\yii-1.1.21.733ac5\framework\yii.php';

The dirname(__FILE__) is the dirname (parent directory path) of your index.php, so you shouldn't append an absolute path to it, but a relative one, e.g.:

$yii=dirname(__FILE__).'/../yii/framework/yii.php';

Or just use an absolute path:

$yii='C:\yii\yii-1.1.21.733ac5\yii-1.1.21.733ac5\framework\yii.php';

Are you sure the folder yii-1.1.21.733ac5 should be in the path twice?

Finally, please note that Yii 1 has reached its lifetime and only receives security fixes. You should definitely use Yii 2 for new projects.

setting up the first yii project

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