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Question

Can somebody explain in brief the use of assets folder in yii framework. I am new to yii framework

Answer 1

Many newcomers ask: "What do we do with the assets folder?", and the answer is "Mostly nothing".

• It's important that the directory be writable by the webserver user so that Yii can publish the resources there when needed.
• When a project has multiple versions (production, testing, development, etc.) do not copy the assets/ folders from one area to another; allow Yii to deploy them automatically in each area.
• Do not manually edit any file under assets/ - if you have a real need to make a change, find the publishing module, edit the source, delete the subfolder under assets/, and let Yii re-publish the updated files.
• Do not reference names under the assets/ folder directly (say, to get at some other module's assets). If you need to use that
• Do not add the contents of the assets/ folder to any source-code control system; these files have master source in other places.
• It is safe to delete everything under assets/. Yii will re-publish the assets if they are not found under assets/.

Additional info

Answer 2

Yii makes assets accessible by Web clients, so the goal of copying assets to a Web-accessible directory is fulfilled and returns the corresponding URL for accessing them.

Read it from http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/1.1/CAssetManager