Test project News Portal

Installation

1. Clone project

git clone git@github.com:galmi/news.git

2. Update dependences

php composer.phar install

3. Create database news_yii

4. Update config/db.php, set username and password

return [
    'class' => 'yii\db\Connection',
    'dsn' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=news_yii',
    'username' => 'root',
    'password' => '123',
    'charset' => 'utf8',
];

5. Run migration script from news directory or manual install from createDatabase.sql file

php yii migrate/up

6. Use this command for start local server on http://localhost:8000

php -S localhost:8000 -t ./web

7. Open in browser http://localhost:8000

Configure mailer

1. Change config/mailer.php for sending emails

2. Fake sending email

return [
	'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
	// send all mails to a file if true.
	'useFileTransport' => true
];

3. Using php mail

return [
	'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
	'transport' => [
		'class' => 'Swift_SendmailTransport',
	]
];

4. Using SMTP server

return [
   'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
   'transport' => [
       'class' => 'Swift_SmtpTransport',
       'host' => 'localhost',  // e.g. smtp.mandrillapp.com or smtp.gmail.com
       'username' => 'username',
       'password' => 'password',
       'port' => '587', // Port 25 is a very common port too
       'encryption' => 'tls', // It is often used, check your provider or mail server specs
   ]
]