Installing yii2 framework using Xampp - do i need a github account?

Yii 2.0 Installation and Setup
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Hello everyone,

A couple of years of go i used to programm using PHP, but without frameworks. With these recent developments i´ve decided to get in the to the game and try using one. I´ve decided to use yii 2.0 .

I´ve read some of the documentation and in my opinion there is some lack of information (at least for who is getting started), so i´m having some problems installing yii 2.0 on my computer using Xampp. The PHP version is 5.5.9.

From what i could undertsand i downloaded the yii 2.0 framework, extracted the content and copied to c:\xampp\htdocs\yii2

I´ve already installed the composer, so the the next thing to do i think would be, using the cmd, do these two lines of code:

composer global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:1.0.0"

composer create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev yiisoft/yii2-app-basic basic

The problem is when i do the last one it asks for username and password i think of GitHub. Can you tell me if i’m obligated to have an account on github to install yii 2.0 framework.

Is there a way to get around this?

Thanks in advanced.

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I think that it’s mandatory to register in github.

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What happens when i do have internet connection?

Will I be able to create projects?

Will I be able to work without a problem (without Internet connection) with the existing projects?

Thank you for the quick reply.

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When you have internet connection nothng happens, if you don’t launch command with composer.

To create project, you can start with Yii’s package or using composer (preferred method).

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I´m sorry Frabrizio, but this is all new to me.

I tought using those 2 command lines was the way by using the composer. Isn´t it?

Is there a way I can install the framework and create projects without internet connection?

Thanks.

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After you create project based on basic or advanced template, you can clone project’s folder to create new project.

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Thank you Fabrizio!