Enable Pretty URL - Yii2 Advanced template

Step 1 : edit common/config/main.php as below
'urlManager' => [
'class' => 'yii\web\UrlManager',
'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
'showScriptName' => false,
'rules' => array(
'<controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>' => '<controller>/view',
'<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>/<id:\d+>' => '<controller>/<action>',
'<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>' => '<controller>/<action>',
),
],

Step 2 : Add following .htaccess file into backend/web folder

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

Step 3 :Add following .htaccess file into frontend/web folder

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

Step 4: Add following to apache\apache2.4.9\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "D:\Projects\new\yii-application"
ServerName yii2_test.ml
<Directory "D:\Projects\new\yii-application">
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Step 5: Enable mod_rewrite on apache\apache2.4.9\conf\httpd.conf