Yii 2.0 restful routing 404 issue

I am trying to follow the Yii2.0 example as found here with my simple product table instead of User.

http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/guide-rest-quick-start.html

I'm using the basic package, not advanced.

When I try to access localhost/product I get a 404 error.

When I use localhost/index.php or localhost/index.php/gii I get the expected result (the default homepage, and the gii tool).

Here is what I'm working with.

The config file web.php

$params = require(__DIR__ . '/params.php'); $config = [ 'id' => 'basic', 'basePath' => dirname(__DIR__), 'bootstrap' => ['log'], 'components' => [ 'request' => [ // !!! insert a secret key in the following (if it is empty) - this is required by cookie validation 'cookieValidationKey' => 'xxx', 'parsers' => [ 'application/json' => 'yii\web\JsonParser', ], ], 'urlManager' => [ 'enablePrettyUrl' => true, 'enableStrictParsing' => true, 'showScriptName' => false, 'rules' => [ ['class' => 'yii\rest\UrlRule', 'controller' => 'product'], ], ], 'cache' => [ 'class' => 'yii\caching\FileCache', ], 'user' => [ 'identityClass' => 'app\models\User', 'enableAutoLogin' => true, ], 'errorHandler' => [ 'errorAction' => 'site/error', ], 'mailer' => [ 'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer', // send all mails to a file by default. You have to set // 'useFileTransport' to false and configure a transport // for the mailer to send real emails. 'useFileTransport' => true, ], 'log' => [ 'traceLevel' => YII_DEBUG ? 3 : 0, 'targets' => [ [ 'class' => 'yii\log\FileTarget', 'levels' => ['error', 'warning'], ], ], ], 'db' => require(__DIR__ . '/db.php'), ], 'params' => $params, ]; if (YII_ENV_DEV) { // configuration adjustments for 'dev' environment $config['bootstrap'][] = 'debug'; $config['modules']['debug'] = 'yii\debug\Module'; config['bootstrap'][] = 'gii'; $config['modules']['gii'] = 'yii\gii\Module'; } return $config; 

The Model Product.php

 namespace app\models; use yii\db\ActiveRecord; /** * This is the model class for table "product". * * @property integer $ProductID * @property string $Name * @property double $Price * @property string $ShortDesc * @property string $LongDesc * @property string $PicUrl */ class Product extends ActiveRecord { /** * @inheritdoc */ public static function tableName() { return 'product'; } /** * @inheritdoc */ public function rules() { return [ [['Price'], 'number'], [['ShortDesc', 'LongDesc', 'PicUrl'], 'string'], [['Name'], 'string', 'max' => 60] ]; } /** * @inheritdoc */ public static function primaryKey() { return ['ProductID']; } /** * @inheritdoc */ public function attributeLabels() { return [ 'ProductID' => 'Product ID', 'Name' => 'Name', 'Price' => 'Price', 'ShortDesc' => 'Short Desc', 'LongDesc' => 'Long Desc', 'PicUrl' => 'Pic Url', ]; } } 

The controller ProductController.php

use yii\rest\ActiveController; class ProductController extends ActiveController { public $modelClass = 'app\models\Product'; } 

I have tried to turn off 'enableStrictParsing' and set $pluralize to false, with no luck.

I have also tried adding this .htaccess file which gave me a 500 rather than a 404.

RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . index.php 

I'm sure I've done something silly here, but anyone willing to point that out will be a huge help.

Thanks!