yii installation in windows

• Download Yii Framework from yiiframework.com or here
• Unpack the Yii release file to a Web-accessible directory.

• Tip: Yii does not need to be installed under a Web-accessible directory. A Yii application has one entry script which is usually the only file that needs to be exposed to Web users. Other PHP scripts, including those from Yii, should be protected from Web access; otherwise they might be exploited by hackers.

  Yii Web Programming Framework
  =============================
  INSTALLATION
  Please make sure the release file is unpacked under a Web-accessible
  directory. You shall see the following files and directories:
  
        demos/               demos
        framework/           framework source files
        requirements/        requirement checker
        CHANGELOG            describing changes in every Yii release
        LICENSE              license of Yii
        README               this file
        UPGRADE              upgrading instructions
  
  
  REQUIREMENTS
  ------------
  
  The minimum requirement by Yii is that your Web server supports
  PHP 5.1.0 or above. Yii has been tested with Apache HTTP server
  on Windows and Linux operating systems.
  
  Please access the following URL to check if your Web server reaches
  the requirements by Yii, assuming "YiiPath" is where Yii is installed:
  
        http://hostname/YiiPath/requirements/index.php
  
  
  QUICK START
  -----------
  
  Yii comes with a command line tool called "yiic" that can create
  a skeleton Yii application for you to start with.
  
  On command line, type in the following commands:
  
          $ cd YiiPath/framework                (Linux)
          cd YiiPath\framework                  (Windows)
  
          $ ./yiic webapp ../testdrive          (Linux)
          yiic webapp ..\testdrive              (Windows)
  
  The new Yii application will be created at "YiiPath/testdrive".
  You can access it with the following URL:
  
          http://hostname/YiiPath/testdrive/index.php