Welcome to the Symfony Standard Edition - a fully-functional Symfony2 application that you can use as the skeleton for your new applications.
This document contains information on how to download, install, and start using Symfony. For a more detailed explanation, see the Installation chapter of the Symfony Documentation.
- Installing the Standard Edition
When it comes to installing the Symfony Standard Edition, you have the following options.
As Symfony uses Composer to manage its dependencies, the recommended way to create a new project is to use it.
If you don't have Composer yet, download it following the instructions on http://getcomposer.org/ or just run the following command:
curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
Then, use the create-project command to generate a new Symfony application:
php composer.phar create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition path/to/install
Composer will install Symfony and all its dependencies under the
path/to/install directory.
To quickly test Symfony, you can also download an archive of the Standard Edition and unpack it somewhere under your web server root directory.
If you downloaded an archive "without vendors", you also need to install all the necessary dependencies. Download composer (see above) and run the following command:
php composer.phar install
- Checking your System Configuration
Before starting coding, make sure that your local system is properly configured for Symfony.
Execute the check.php script from the command line:
php app/check.php
The script returns a status code of 0 if all mandatory requirements are met,
1 otherwise.
Access the config.php script from a browser:
http://localhost/path-to-project/web/config.php
If you get any warnings or recommendations, fix them before moving on.
All libraries and bundles included in the Symfony Standard Edition are released under the MIT or BSD license.
Enjoy!