friendly URL is a Web address that is easy to read and includes words that describe the content of the webpage. Friendly url can help visitors remember the web address and it is also a factor for search engine optimization.
How to activate it in yii2
Friendly url in yii2 is not activated by default. To activate it we need edit our configurations at
"config/web.php"
This is the content of web.php
$params = require(__DIR__ . '/params.php');
$config = [
'id' => 'basic',
'basePath' => dirname(__DIR__),
'bootstrap' => ['log'],
'components' => [
'request' => [
// !!! insert a secret key in the following (if it is empty) - this is required by cookie validation
'cookieValidationKey' => 'MRPGvrWJP19gG6ABE8zAzpOvg_I6Lm1J',
],
'cache' => [
'class' => 'yii\caching\FileCache',
],
'user' => [
'identityClass' => 'app\models\User',
'enableAutoLogin' => true,
],
'errorHandler' => [
'errorAction' => 'site/error',
],
'mailer' => [
'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
// send all mails to a file by default. You have to set
// 'useFileTransport' to false and configure a transport
// for the mailer to send real emails.
'useFileTransport' => true,
],
'log' => [
'traceLevel' => YII_DEBUG ? 3 : 0,
'targets' => [
[
'class' => 'yii\log\FileTarget',
'levels' => ['error', 'warning'],
],
],
],
'db' => require(__DIR__ . '/db.php'),
],
'params' => $params,
];
if (YII_ENV_DEV) {
// configuration adjustments for 'dev' environment
$config['bootstrap'][] = 'debug';
$config['modules']['debug'] = 'yii\debug\Module';
$config['bootstrap'][] = 'gii';
$config['modules']['gii'] = 'yii\gii\Module';
}
return $config;
inside 'components' => [] we will add a code to activate friendly url
'urlManager' => [
'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
'rules' => [
// your rules go here
],
],
The result must look like this
$params = require(__DIR__ . '/params.php');
$config = [
'id' => 'basic',
'basePath' => dirname(__DIR__),
'bootstrap' => ['log'],
'components' => [
'urlManager' => [
'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
'rules' => [
// your rules go here
],
],
'request' => [
// !!! insert a secret key in the following (if it is empty) - this is required by cookie validation
'cookieValidationKey' => 'MRPGvrWJP19gG6ABE8zAzpOvg_I6Lm1J',
],
'cache' => [
'class' => 'yii\caching\FileCache',
],
'user' => [
'identityClass' => 'app\models\User',
'enableAutoLogin' => true,
],
'errorHandler' => [
'errorAction' => 'site/error',
],
'mailer' => [
'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
// send all mails to a file by default. You have to set
// 'useFileTransport' to false and configure a transport
// for the mailer to send real emails.
'useFileTransport' => true,
],
'log' => [
'traceLevel' => YII_DEBUG ? 3 : 0,
'targets' => [
[
'class' => 'yii\log\FileTarget',
'levels' => ['error', 'warning'],
],
],
],
'db' => require(__DIR__ . '/db.php'),
],
'params' => $params,
];
if (YII_ENV_DEV) {
// configuration adjustments for 'dev' environment
$config['bootstrap'][] = 'debug';
$config['modules']['debug'] = 'yii\debug\Module';
$config['bootstrap'][] = 'gii';
$config['modules']['gii'] = 'yii\gii\Module';
}
return $config;
Remove index.php in Url Following the instruction above, Our url link will look like this http://localhost/web/index.php/site/about
If you want to remove index.php in the url, We need to add 'showScriptName' => false, settings in our url manager.
The result of our url manager settings must look like this
'urlManager' => [
'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
'showScriptName' => false,
'rules' => [
],
],
Remember that this will lead to error since we remove index.php in our url. In order to resolve this, We need to
add a new .htaccess file in our /web/ folder,
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php
