#yiiframework

Version- The current stable release of Yii is 2.0.45

Requirements - Yii 2.0 requires PHP 5.4.0 or above and works(recommended) best with the latest version of PHP 7.

Database Interaction - It uses and supports SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, or Oracle databases

Licensing - Yii is released under the fixed terms of the BSD License as free software.

You can install Yii using the "Yii2 installation using composure method" help article.

Why should you use Yii - The following are the facts and reasons that will explain to you for implementing the Yii framework in your web application - 1. Quick application development In Yii, you can start, run and launch the application quickly in minutes.

2. Architecture - It implements MVC(Model View Controller) design approach for efficient code organization.

3. Documentation - The Yii guide and documentation is well written and provide an easy learning process for different aspects of the Yii framework.

4. Ready-to-use features - It provides many inbuilt ready-made codes or features e.g. - Gii code generator, query builders and ActiveRecord, RESTful API development support, multi-tier caching support, etc.

5. Third-party supports - The Yii is very extensible for customization and code management and supports running third-party code within the Yii application.

6. Secure and strong security supports - The Yii maintains strong security measures for example - bcrypt password hashing, encryption, authentication, preventing SQL injection, XSS, and CSRF attacks.

7. Efficient caching system to speed up application load - It uses different types of a strong and efficient way of caching technology to speed up application performance e. g. – HTTP, data, fragment, page caching.