In this installment of the series where we are exploring the Yii2 framework, we will look in detail at the Active Record and database aspects of this powerful framework. We feel that this is one of the strongest sections of Yii2 in terms of both improvements as well as addition of new features. Database Support in the new Active Record class Among the big news in Yii2 Active Record is the support for numerous new backends including NoSQL based ones. These backends include elasticsearch, redis, Sphinx search as well as mongodb. This is great news as we can switch backends withoutThe post Yii2 - What you need to know - Part III (Active Record) appeared first on Blog - Hash Solutions.