download and config

• download yii-1.1.12
• unzip into yii-1.1.12
• config yii-1.1.12 dir an apache httpdoc dir

check yii requirements

http://hostname/YiiPath/requirements/index.php

ok, your soap extension need to be turned on

modify your php.ini and restart apache

yiic webapp

mkdir testdrive(your destiny app dir)

cd YiiPath/framework                (Linux)
cd YiiPath\framework                  (Windows)
./yiic webapp ../testdrive          (Linux) 
yiic webapp ..\testdrive              (Windows)

other errors

maybe you‘ll get such error: PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library ‘C:/php/ext\php_imagick.dll‘

;extension=php_imagick.dll turn it off and restart apache