Over 80 recipes to help you master using the Yii PHP framework Learn to use Yii more efficiently through plentiful Yii recipes on diverse topics Make the most efficient use of your controller and views and reuse them Automate error tracking and understand the Yii log and stack trace Full of practically useful solutions and concepts that you can use in your application, with clearly explained code and all the necessary screenshots In Detail When Alex told me he was about to write a Yii cookbook about a year ago, I was wondering how original it would be, considering the fact that there was already an online user-contributed cookbook (aka. Yii wiki) It turned out Alex produced a book that is not only full of wisdom about how to use Yii effectively, but also presented in such a systematic way that it can be taken as an essential companion book to the definitive guide to Yii. In fact, Alex has successfully intrigued the interest of every member in the Yii developer team when he asked for review and comments on his newly finished book chapters. As the founder and the lead developer of the Yii framework, I feel this book is a must-read for every Yii programmer. While this book does not describe directly the rules set by Yii, it shows how to program with Yii from a practical perspective. People who are driven by tight project schedules will find this book very handy as it gives ready-to-use solutions to many problems they may face in their projects; people who are already familiar with Yii will also find this book very informative as most problem solutions given in the book can be considered as officially recommended because they have undergone thorough review of every Yii developer team member. Alex, through this book and his active participation in the Yii project, proved himself to be a great programmer as well as a good writer. Qiang Xue Lead developer of the Yii framework Yii framework is a rapidly growing