Yii2 Blog MongoDB

It's a multi-language blog extension that uses Mongodb that gives you an awesome performance.

Check this tutorial that I like, in order to know more about Mongodb.

Installation

• You have to have Mongodb up and running, so download it from here.
• Also you have to have Mongodb PHP driver installed.

And you run Mongodb through the following command:

mongod --fork --logpath /var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log

• And you setup the extension through the composer:

  composer require devmustafa/yii2-blog-mongodb

Or add the following line in your composer.json:

"devmustafa/yii2-blog-mongodb": "*"

Configuration

1. In your common config file add the following db component:

    ...
    'components' => [
        ...
        'mongodb' => [
            'class' => '\yii\mongodb\Connection',
            'dsn' => 'mongodb://127.0.0.1/DB_MONGO_NAME', // local
            // 'dsn' => 'mongodb://DB_MONGO_USERNAME:DB_MONGO_PASSWORD@DB_MONGO_HOST/DB_MONGO_NAME, // remote
        ],
        ...
    ],
    ...
   

2. In your frontend config file add the following module:

    ...
    'modules' => [
        ...
        'blog' => [
            'id' => 'blog',
            'class' => devmustafa\blog\modules\frontend\Module::className(),
            'used_languages' => ['en', 'ar'], // list of languages used
            'default_language' => 'en', // default language
            'listing_size' => 10, // default size of listing page
            'rules' => [ // setup rules for frontend routes
                // change key not value
                'posts' => '/post',
                'post/<slug>' => '/post/single',
                'category/<slug>' => '/post/category', // posts related to a specific category
            ]
        ],
        ...
    ]
    ...
   

3. In your backend config file add the following module:

    ...
    'modules' => [
        ...
        'blog' => [
            'id' => 'blog',
            'class' => devmustafa\blog\modules\backend\Module::className(),
            'upload_url' => 'http://example.com/uploads', // full upload url
            'upload_directory' => '/full/path/to/uploads/dir', // full upload directory
            'used_languages' => ['en', 'ar'], // list of languages used
            'default_language' => 'en', // default language
        ],
        ...
    ]
    ...
   

Note:

default_language must be one of your used_languages array, and if you would like to use a dynamic language in your app, so leave it empty:

'default_language' => '', // empty (don't remove)

In this case the extension reading the value of Yii::$app->langauge and it should be one of your defined used_languages array.

Usage

1. Go to your backend url to add some posts/authors/categories:

   • /blog/post
   • /blog/author
   • /blog/category

2. Then you check it out on your frontend:

   • /posts