Web Application Basic

A modern, Bootstrap 5-powered Yii2 application template designed for rapid web-application development. Built with best practices, clean architecture, and developer-friendly configuration, it lets you create production-ready apps with minimal setup while maintaining code quality and extensibility.

Features

• ✅ Asset Management - Optimized asset bundles for CSS, JS, and resource management.
• ✅ Clean Architecture - Well-organized directory structure following Yii2 best practices.
• ✅ Console Commands - Example console commands for background tasks and maintenance.
• ✅ Developer Tools - Debugging tools, logging, and development-friendly configurations.
• ✅ HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 Support: Native support for modern HTTP protocols with multiplexing.
• ✅ HTTPS/TLS Support - Secure your application with built-in HTTPS support.
• ✅ Modern Bootstrap 5 UI - Responsive, mobile-first design with latest Bootstrap components.
• ✅ Testing Ready - Codeception test suite with examples for functional and unit testing.

How it works

The Yii2 Web Application Basic template provides a complete foundation for building modern web applications. Unlike starting from scratch, this template includes.

1. Pre-configured structure with organized directories for assets, views, models, and controllers.
2. Bootstrap 5 integration for responsive, mobile-first user interfaces.
3. Security features including CSRF protection and input validation.
4. Development tools for debugging, logging, and testing.

Why use this template

• Rapid development: Start building features immediately without setup overhead.
• Best practices: Follow Yii2 conventions and modern web development standards.
• Extensible: Easy to customize and extend for specific project requirements.
• Production-ready: Includes security features and optimizations for deployment.

Note: Also, make sure to install npm for frontend dependency management.

Installation

composer create-project --prefer-dist yii2-extensions/app-basic:dev-franken-php app-basic
cd app-basic

Quick start

Download static cli in Linux/WSL2

curl https://frankenphp.dev/install.sh | sh

Start the server in CLI mode

./frankenphp run --config ./Caddyfile --watch

Download and start the server with Docker images

Gitbash/Windows

docker run \
  -e CADDY_GLOBAL_OPTIONS="auto_https off" \
  -e CADDY_SERVER_EXTRA_DIRECTIVES="tls /app/web/ssl/localhost.pem /app/web/ssl/localhost-key.pem" \
  -e FRANKENPHP_CONFIG="worker ./web/index.php" \
  -e SERVER_NAME="https://localhost:8443" \
  -e SERVER_ROOT="./web" \
  -v "//k/yii2-extensions/app-basic:/app" \
  -p 8443:8443 \
  -p 8443:8443/udp \
  --name yii2-frankenphp-worker \
  dunglas/frankenphp

Note: Paths in the example (//k/yii2-extensions/app-basic) are for demonstration purposes only.
Replace them with the actual path to your Yii2 project on your system.

Linux/WSL

docker run \
  -e CADDY_GLOBAL_OPTIONS="auto_https off" \
  -e CADDY_SERVER_EXTRA_DIRECTIVES="tls /app/web/ssl/localhost.pem /app/web/ssl/localhost-key.pem" \
  -e FRANKENPHP_CONFIG="worker ./web/index.php" \
  -e SERVER_NAME="https://localhost:8443" \
  -e SERVER_ROOT="./web" \
  -v $PWD:/app \
  -p 8443:8443 \
  -p 8443:8443/udp \
  --name yii2-frankenphp-worker \
  dunglas/frankenphp

Your application will be available at https://localhost:8443 or at the address set in the Caddyfile.

Directory structure

root/
├── config/                Configuration files
│   ├── common/            Common configuration
│   ├── console/           Console configuration  
│   ├── web/               Web configuration
│   └── messages.php       Translation config
├── src/
│   ├── framework/         Framework assets & resources
│   │   ├── asset/         Asset bundles
│   │   └── resource/      CSS, JS, layouts, messages
│   └── usecase/           Application use cases
│       ├── hello/         Console command example
│       └── site/          Site pages
├── tests/                 Test suites
├── vendor/                Composer dependencies
└── web/                   Web server document root

Creating your first page

<?php
// src/usecase/site/SiteController.php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace app\usecase\site;

use yii\web\Controller;

final class SiteController extends Controller
{
    public function actionIndex(): string
    {
        return $this->render('index');
    }
}

Console commands

# Run the hello command
./yii hello/index

# Generate translations
./yii message config/messages.php

# Clear cache
./yii cache/flush-all

Package information

Quality code

Documentation

For detailed configuration options and advanced usage:

• 📚 Installation Guide
• ⚙️ Configuration Reference
• 🧪 Testing Guide
• 📸 Screenshots

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