Yii2 Gii Crud Error Class 'app\models\yii' Not Found

I just installed yii2 advanced template, I created a model News and now I want to create the Crud (with gii), but when I click ‘preview’ I get this error.

I did not change anything else in the advanced template.

I’m using wamp


PHP Fatal Error – yii\base\ErrorException

Class 'app\models\Yii' not found


    1. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\backend\models\News.php at line 44

    2. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2-gii\generators\crud\default\search.php – yii\gii\generators\crud\Generator::generateSearchLabels() at line 18

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    $searchModelClass = StringHelper::basename($generator->searchModelClass);

    if ($modelClass === $searchModelClass) {

        $modelAlias = $modelClass . 'Model';

    }

    $rules = $generator->generateSearchRules();

    $labels = $generator->generateSearchLabels();

    $searchAttributes = $generator->getSearchAttributes();

    $searchConditions = $generator->generateSearchConditions();


    echo "<?php\n";

    ?>


    3. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2\base\View.php – unknown() at line 312

    4. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2\base\View.php – yii\base\View::renderPhpFile() at line 244

    5. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2-gii\Generator.php – yii\base\View::renderFile() at line 315

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        public function render($template, $params = [])

        {

            $view = new View;

            $params['generator'] = $this;


            return $view->renderFile($this->getTemplatePath() . '/' . $template, $params, $this);

        }


        /**

         * Validates the template selection.

         * This method validates whether the user selects an existing template


    6. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2-gii\generators\crud\Generator.php – yii\gii\Generator::render() at line 166

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        {

            $controllerFile = Yii::getAlias('@' . str_replace('\\', '/', ltrim($this->controllerClass, '\\')) . '.php');

            $searchModel = Yii::getAlias('@' . str_replace('\\', '/', ltrim($this->searchModelClass, '\\') . '.php'));

            $files = [

                new CodeFile($controllerFile, $this->render('controller.php')),

                new CodeFile($searchModel, $this->render('search.php')),

            ];


            $viewPath = $this->getViewPath();

            $templatePath = $this->getTemplatePath() . '/views';

            foreach (scandir($templatePath) as $file) {


    7. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2-gii\controllers\DefaultController.php – yii\gii\generators\crud\Generator::generate() at line 44

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            $generator = $this->loadGenerator($id);

            $params = ['generator' => $generator, 'id' => $id];

            if (isset($_POST['preview']) || isset($_POST['generate'])) {

                if ($generator->validate()) {

                    $generator->saveStickyAttributes();

                    $files = $generator->generate();

                    if (isset($_POST['generate']) && !empty($_POST['answers'])) {

                        $params['hasError'] = $generator->save($files, (array) $_POST['answers'], $results);

                        $params['results'] = $results;

                    } else {

                        $params['files'] = $files;


    8. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2\base\InlineAction.php – yii\gii\controllers\DefaultController::actionView() at line 54

    9. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2\base\InlineAction.php – call_user_func_array() at line 54

    10. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2\base\Controller.php – yii\base\InlineAction::runWithParams() at line 127

    11. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2\base\Module.php – yii\base\Controller::runAction() at line 435

    12. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2\web\Application.php – yii\base\Module::runAction() at line 84

    13. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\vendor\yiisoft\yii2\base\Application.php – yii\web\Application::handleRequest() at line 312

    14. in C:\wamp\www\advanced\backend\web\index.php – yii\base\Application::run() at line 17

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        require(__DIR__ . '/../config/main.php'),

        require(__DIR__ . '/../config/main-local.php')

    );


    $application = new yii\web\Application($config);

    $application->run();

Fixed. Thanks!

great, I get multiple errors, do I have to post them all?

If you still have issues, you may post them in github issue tracker. Thanks.