2.8.4.4.2. Transfer Yii 2 to hosting

Attention!

The information provided in this article is for informational purposes only. Transferring a project built on Yii 2 to a hosting environment is quite complex and involves certain nuances that only the project’s developer can anticipate.

To transfer a project on Yii 2, you first need to upload the files to the server. There are several ways to do this:

  • If you're using Git, you can clone the project by connecting to the hosting via SSH and running the following command:
    git clone http://github.com/example/example_site/
  • Upload project files to the server.

After uploading the files to the server connect via SSH and perform the following steps:

  1. Configure the database connection.
  2. Go to the directory containing the downloaded project by running the following command:
    cd ~/example.com/www/
  3. Update dependencies and all packages by running the following command:
    PATH=/usr/local/php70/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
composer update
  4. Run the following command:
    /usr/local/php70/bin/php yii migrate
  5. To set the project to production mode, you may need to replace the following lines in the index.php file:
    defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG', true);
defined('YII_ENV') or define('YII_ENV', 'dev');

    To this: 

    defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG', false);
defined('YII_ENV') or define('YII_ENV', 'prod');
  6. Check the site operation.

After completing the steps described above, additional steps may be required to configure the project. In this case, please contact the project developer for further details.

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