Getting everything Yii application offers without creating one

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I was wondering if there was a way to initiate Yii without the MVC pattern. Just load the config, Initiate everything for use in files such as a web service for other customers that would like to communicate with the system without the need to create a new module/controller/action something simple.

Currently my YII index.php file is:


<?php


// Define root directory

defined('ROOT_PATH') or define('ROOT_PATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');


// remove the following line when in production mode

defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG', true);


// Shortcut for DIRECTORY_SEPERATOR

defined('DS') or define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);


// Load zend auto loader

//require_once "Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php";

//Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();


// include Yii bootstrap file

require_once(ROOT_PATH.'Library/Yii/yii.php');


// include Init Data

require_once('init.php');


// Set path alias to the library, sources, classes and zend

Yii::setPathOfAlias('library', ROOT_PATH . 'Library');

Yii::setPathOfAlias('sources', ROOT_PATH . 'Library/Sources');

Yii::setPathOfAlias('zend', ROOT_PATH . 'Library/Zend');

Yii::setPathOfAlias('classes', ROOT_PATH . 'Library/Sources/Classes');


// Load Config file

$configFile = ROOT_PATH.'Protected/config/main.php';


// create a Web application instance and run

Yii::createWebApplication($configFile)->run();


exit();

I would like to have something like:


<?php


// Define root directory

defined('ROOT_PATH') or define('ROOT_PATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');


// remove the following line when in production mode

defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG', true);


// Shortcut for DIRECTORY_SEPERATOR

defined('DS') or define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);


// Load zend auto loader

//require_once "Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php";

//Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();


// include Yii bootstrap file

require_once(ROOT_PATH.'Library/Yii/yii.php');


// include Init Data

require_once('init.php');


// Set path alias to the library, sources, classes and zend

Yii::setPathOfAlias('library', ROOT_PATH . 'Library');

Yii::setPathOfAlias('sources', ROOT_PATH . 'Library/Sources');

Yii::setPathOfAlias('zend', ROOT_PATH . 'Library/Zend');

Yii::setPathOfAlias('classes', ROOT_PATH . 'Library/Sources/Classes');


// Load Config file

$configFile = ROOT_PATH.'Protected/config/main.php';


// create a Web application instance and run

Yii::createWebApplication($configFile);


// Now i can access everything i have set in the config file such as the db class, caches, and others


print_r(Yii::app()->db->createCommand("something"));

Thanks.

2

Yes, what you did is right. That is, if you don’t need MVC, you only need the following:




require_once('path/to/yii.php');

Yii::createWebApplication($config);

// you can access Yii::app() now as usual
3

If you don’t need Yii::app(), you can even drop the line of creating the application instance.

By only including yii.php, you will be able to use the whole Yii library (e.g. Yii DAO)

4

Yep that did it. Thanks.

5

this one is a very nice article. I really need it. Many thanks!

6

This also works for me




require_once $yii;

$app = Yii::createWebApplication($config);

$app->runController('site/index');