Yii 2.0 restful routing 404 issue - php

Question

I am trying to follow the Yii2.0 example as found here with my simple product table
instead of User.
http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-rest-quick-start.html
I'm using the basic package, not advanced.
When I try to access localhost/product
I get a 404 error.
When I use localhost/index.php or localhost/index.php/gii
I get the expected result (the default homepage, and the gii tool).
Here is what I'm working with.
The config file 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' => 'xxx',
'parsers' => [
'application/json' => 'yii\web\JsonParser',
],
],
'urlManager' => [
'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
'enableStrictParsing' => true,
'showScriptName' => false,
'rules' => [
['class' => 'yii\rest\UrlRule', 'controller' => 'product'],
],
],
'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;
The Model Product.php
namespace app\models;
use yii\db\ActiveRecord;
/**
* This is the model class for table "product".
*
* #property integer $ProductID
* #property string $Name
* #property double $Price
* #property string $ShortDesc
* #property string $LongDesc
* #property string $PicUrl
*/
class Product extends ActiveRecord
{
/**
* #inheritdoc
*/
public static function tableName()
{
return 'product';
}
/**
* #inheritdoc
*/
public function rules()
{
return [
[['Price'], 'number'],
[['ShortDesc', 'LongDesc', 'PicUrl'], 'string'],
[['Name'], 'string', 'max' => 60]
];
}
/**
* #inheritdoc
*/
public static function primaryKey()
{
return ['ProductID'];
}
/**
* #inheritdoc
*/
public function attributeLabels()
{
return [
'ProductID' => 'Product ID',
'Name' => 'Name',
'Price' => 'Price',
'ShortDesc' => 'Short Desc',
'LongDesc' => 'Long Desc',
'PicUrl' => 'Pic Url',
];
}
}
The controller ProductController.php
use yii\rest\ActiveController;
class ProductController extends ActiveController
{
public $modelClass = 'app\models\Product';
}
I have tried to turn off 'enableStrictParsing' and set $pluralize to false, with no luck.
I have also tried adding this .htaccess file which gave me a 500 rather than a 404.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php
I'm sure I've done something silly here, but anyone willing to point that out will be a huge help.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Just set enableStrictParsing to false in urlManager array.

Answer 2

Scallopboat - I had the same issue. I raised it on the Yii2 forum and got the answer. The url you should use is http://localhost/basic/web/index.php/products.
I was also advised to change 'showScriptName' to true. The advise was that otherwise the links won't generate ok.
It was also suggested I could write some rewrite rules to use a cleaner url.

Answer 3

#scallopboat - I too have a similar problem. I got 404 response for view action.
Solved by following the instruction from,
How to configure urlManager to use rest api with string id
'rules' => [
[
'class' => 'yii\rest\UrlRule',
'controller' => 'region',
'pluralize'=>false,
'tokens' => [ '{id}' => '<id:\\w+>' ]
],
],
Accessed the view action using the below url:
http://localhost/icdp-service/region/[mongo-id]
Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Scallopboat. You can try this way while you do not solve your problem yet.
If you are using Apache as your web server,you should
edit the Apache config file httpd.conf and find blocks like
<Directory>****</Directory> and <Directory "your web root
dir">****</Directory>,modify the AllowOverride None to
AllowOverride All
uncomment the #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/ApacheModuleRewrite.dll
place the .hataccess file in your the base directory of your index.php