How to load css and js in yii?

Question

Yii

Created js file say alternative.js in /app/web/js/. The first time the script is called, it is cloned to an unknown location. And it is not possible to work with the file until you rename it. Navigating to site.domain/js/alternative.js also displays the file without changes. How to solve this problem? Clearing the cache didn't work.

Answer 1

See assets

Answer 2

In order for the file not to be cloned, you need to configure the assetManager component in the config:

return [
    ...
    'components' => [
        ...
        'assetManager' => [
            ...
            'linkAssets' => true,
            ...
       ],
       ...
    ]
];

Then files from AssetsBundle will not be copied, instead symlinks will be created on them
All files are cloned (or symlinked) to the folder specified in the basePath AssetsBundle variable, for example:

class FrontendAssets extends AssetBundle
{
    public $sourcePath = '@app/_assets';
    public $basePath = '@webroot/assets'; // вот сюда они будут сохраняться, @webroot - соответственно алиас пути, конфигурируемый в основном конфиге

    public $css = [
        'css/styles.min.css',
    ];

    public $depends = [
        'yii\web\JqueryAsset',
        'yii\web\YiiAsset',
        'yii\bootstrap\BootstrapAsset',
    ];
}