andrylik / yii2-settings

0.3.0 2026-07-23 11:59 UTC

Requires

• creocoder/yii2-translateable: ^1.0
• yiisoft/yii2: ~2.0.10

MIT

• Andrii Petrashenko

• i18n
• config
• Settings
• translate
• yii2

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-07-23 12:19 UTC

README

Yii2 Settings Extension

Settings Manager for Yii2 with the possibility of translating values.

Installation

Via Composer.

php composer.phar require --prefer-dist andrylik/yii2-settings "*"

Database Migrations

Before usage this extension, we'll also need to prepare the database.

php yii migrate --migrationPath=@vendor/andrylik/yii2-settings/migrations

Configuration

Module Setup

Configure "Yii2 Settings Extension" module in backend/config/main.php:

'modules' => [
    'settings' => [
        'class' => 'andrylik\settings\Module',
    ],
],

If you need to translate the values to other languages

add parameters in common/config/params.php

return [
    // ...
    'languages' => ['uk', 'ru', 'en'], //languages to translate
    'defaultLanguage' => 'uk' //default app language
];

Also specify the language of the application common/config/main.php

return [
    // ...
    'language' => 'uk',
    //..
];

Component Setup

Configure Settings Component common/config/main.php

'components' => [
    'cache' => [
        'class' => \yii\caching\FileCache::class,
        'cachePath' => '@frontend/runtime/cache'
    ],
    'settings' => [
        'class' => 'andrylik\settings\components\Settings',
    ],
],

Usage:

Go to http://backend.yourdomain.com/settings/default/index for managing your settings

Add a setting, for example, like this

Section: site

Key: default_title

Value: my super website

Description: default site title

Use the settings in your application

$settings = Yii::$app->settings;

$title = $settings->get('site', 'default_title');