# samdark/yii2-cookbook

Yii 2.0 Community Cookbook

Repository: https://github.com/samdark/yii2-cookbook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/yii2-cookbook
Language: Makefile
License Family: other
Topics: yii2, book, cookbook
Last push: 2024-07-03T12:22:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4533, "days_push": 791, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1440, forks 288 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:44.162902+00:00)

## What it is
An open-source community-written cookbook book of tips and tricks for the Yii 2.0 PHP framework, edited by core team member Alexander Makarov. It is hosted as a Git repository and accepts community contributions via pull requests.

## Use cases
- learn Yii 2.0 best practices and tips
- find recipes for common Yii2 framework problems
- reference guide for Yii 2.0 development
- contribute documentation to the Yii community
- understand Yii2 patterns beyond the official docs

## When to choose
- you develop applications with the Yii 2.0 PHP framework
- you want practical, community-vetted solutions to common Yii2 tasks
- you prefer free, open-source learning material

## When to avoid
- you use a framework other than Yii 2.0
- you need the official framework documentation or a commercially published book
- you need a software tool rather than reading material

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: web-development, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: php
- tags: yii2, cookbook, book, community-driven

## Member repositories
- samdark/yii2-cookbook (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.162902+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:32.917403+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/samdark/yii2-cookbook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.162902+00:00, sha daf917af5e35)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.