README.md

EDbFixtureManager v1.0

Is a tool which provides an ability to use fixtures with Yii framework.

Note:

1. All attributes you want to fill via fixtures data, must be defined with safe validation rule (rules() method);
2. Don't forget configure tablePrefix option for db connection definition;
3. Your tables will be purged when you loading fixtures;

Basic usage:

1. Download extension and place it in extensions directory;

2. Create file fixtures.php, with content, what will be looks like this:

<?php
return array(
    'ModelClassName' => array(
        'modelInstanceId' => array(
            'field1' => 'value1',
            'field2' => 'value2',
            ...
        ),
        ...
    ),
    ...
);

3. Make sure that you have configured database for console application. Add the following code to your console config:

...
'commandMap' => array(
        'fixtures' => array(
            'class'          => 'ext.fixture_manager.EDbFixtureManager', // import class of console command
            'pathToFixtures' => '/path/to/fixtures.php', // pass the path to your fixtures file
            'modelsFolder'   => 'application.models.*', // specify the folder where your models classes lays
        ),
),
...

NOTE. If you have a multiple models folder you can specify modelsFolder as an array. E.g. 'modelsFolder' => array('application.models.*', 'application.modules.user.models.*') ,

4. Run command: php path/to/yiic fixtures load ;