problem in creating testdrive for yiic

[vjayis]

hi

i m just trying to learn frameworks and had started with yii.

i had downloaded the files and unzipped into the root directory(htdoc s) of my xampp server.

and as per the documentation i created the testdrive in command line prompt using the following command

yiic webapp ..\testdrive (Windows)

which is given in the readme file.

but i get an eroor message as

'php.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

but i do have all the files perfectly in the specified folders..

and also followed the documentation given under this link and got the error as

'%' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

http://www.yiiframewor k.com/doc/guide/quickstart.firs t-app

regards
vijay

[Atli]

Hey.

Do you have PHP installed on the machine?

To use the "php" command in the CLI, you need to have PHP set up and the path to the executable, "php.exe", added to the PATH variable.

Alternatively, you could just use the full path to the executable instead of "php".

Try this:

• Download the latest PHP ZIP package.
  (Any of them should do)
• Unzip the package anywhere.
• Run your command again, substituting "php" with the full path to the "php.exe" you just unzipped.

See if that does anything.

[vjayis]

i tried but i cant figure it out.. could you pls post me the command which i had to run in my command prompt...

i had installed apache in my system and working with it for a couple of months for my php projects..

and now unzipped yii framework into a folder named "yii" into htdocs...

could you post the command to create testdrive and make me to proceed in this framework....

thanks

[vjayis]

hello anyone there to help me...

[Atli]

I am not familiar with Yii myself, so I can't really tell with any certainty, but if the commands you are supposed to use look like:

cd WebRoot/testdrive
php YiiRoot/framework/yiic.php webapp WebRoot/testdrive

And you have installed PHP into "C:\php\", then you should be able to do:

cd WebRoot/testdrive
C:\php\php.exe YiiRoot/framework/yiic.php webapp WebRoot/testdrive

But note that I do not actually know how the PHP code that this is supposed to be executing looks like, so I can't predict the outcome of this.

If that doesn't work out, I suggest you try the technical support for that product, or perhaps their support forums. They would be better suited to tell you specifics about their product then we are ;-)

[vjayis]

thanks for your reply

it works fine..

finally testdrive has been created successfully..

[Atli]

I'm glad to hear that :-)