The Yii Book (Second edition)
Covers everything from very basics to advanced topics. Explanations are very clear.
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Books about Yii
In-depth guides and practical references written by members of the Yii community.
Yii 2
PHP Web Application Development
It is a step by step introduction to the framework, which is based around creating a reusable template that can serve as the basis for your projects.
Web Application Development with Yii 2 and PHP
Based around implementing a real world CRM following many best practices. It is assumed that reader is experienced enough in OOP so don't expect OO-basics explained.
Learning Yii Testing
Embrace 360-degree testing on your Yii 2 projects using Codeception.
Yii2 Application Development Cookbook - Third Edition
The book is a set of individual independent recipes. Each recipe shows how to do something useful with Yii explaining why it's done, how it's done, why it works and how exactly it works.
Yii 2.0 Community Cookbook
Although not finished, there are some nice recipes from one of the core team and community. Worth checking out.
Yii2 By Example
Develop complete web applications from scratch through practical examples and tips for beginners and more advanced users
Yii 1.1
The Yii Book (first edition)
The book starts with the very basics: object oriented programming, MVC, using a web server and command line tools. Then gradually shows how to use Yii. It covers everything from the very basics such as installing Yii to advanced topics such as implementing your own framework extension. Explanations are very clear. Additionally to the guide-style chapters there are two complete example chapters: a CMS and an E-commerce website.
Yii Application Development Cookbook
The book is a set of individual independent recipes written by Yii core developer. Each recipe shows how to do something useful with Yii explaining why it's done, how it's done, why it works and how exactly it works.
Web Application Development with Yii and PHP
Written by former Yii core developer, the book takes a strong learn-by-doing philosophy to introducing you to the Yii framework. After a brief introduction to the framework in chapters 1 and 2, the remaining 10 chapters are dedicated to building an entire project management application.
Yii Project Blueprints
This book is a step-by-step guide to developing reusable real-world applications using the Yii framework. The book will guide you through several projects from the project conception through to planning your project and implementation.
Yii Rapid Application Development
The book is by-example guide to framework based around building example projects and explaining what was done in the process.