Step to create Yii framework project skeleton using command prompt on Windows:
- Set PHP path under environment variables path for e.g. C:\xampp\php.
- From command prompt locate yii framework directory for e.g. C:\xampp\htdocs\yiiframework
- Now execute command yiic with webapp parameter and application path with project name for e.g. C:\xampp\htdocs\yiiframework\yiic webapp ../myyiiproject