Yii Base Extended

JohnYiiBase.php

<?php
/**
 * Include the Yii Framework
 */
require_once(YII_PATH . DS . 'YiiBase.php');

/**
 * Yii is a helper class serving common framework functionalities.
 */
class Yii extends YiiBase
{

    /**
     * Creates a CWebApplication, in addition it will remove config items
     * that are incompatibale with CWebApplication.
     * @param null $config
     * @return CWebApplication
     * @throws CException if it is called from CLI
     */
    public static function createWebApplication($config = null)
    {
        // load the config array
        $config = self::loadConfig($config);

        // remove incompatibale items
        $excludeItems = array('commandMap');
        foreach ($excludeItems as $excludeItem)
            if (array_key_exists($excludeItem, $config))
                unset($config[$excludeItem]);

        return self::createApplication('CWebApplication', $config);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a CConsoleApplication, in addition it will remove config items
     * that are incompatibale with CConsoleApplication.
     * @param null $config
     * @return CConsoleApplication
     * @throws CException if it is not called from CLI
     */
    public static function createConsoleApplication($config = null)
    {
        // load the config array
        $config = self::loadConfig($config);

        // remove incompatibale items
        $excludeItems = array('theme', 'controllerMap');
        foreach ($excludeItems as $excludeItem)
            if (array_key_exists($excludeItem, $config))
                unset($config[$excludeItem]);

        // create app
        $app = self::createApplication('CConsoleApplication', $config);

        // fix for absolute url
        //$app->getRequest()->setBaseUrl(WWW_URL);

        // add Yii commands
        $app->commandRunner->addCommands(YII_PATH . '/cli/commands');
        $env = @getenv('YII_CONSOLE_COMMANDS');
        if (!empty($env))
            $app->commandRunner->addCommands($env);

        return $app;
    }

    /**
     * Config can be a string, in which case a file and optional local file override are loaded.
     * The files should return arrays.
     * @param $config
     * @return array|mixed
     */
    public static function loadConfig($config)
    {
        if (!is_string($config))
            return $config;
        return require($config);
    }
  
}