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Symfony Installer

This is the official installer to start new projects based on the Symfony full-stack framework. The installer is only compatible with Symfony 2 and 3.

Creating Symfony 4 projects

This installer is not compatible with Symfony 4 and newer versions. Instead, use Composer and create your Symfony 4 project as follows:

See the Symfony Installation article on the official Symfony Documentation for more details.

Installing the installer

This step is only needed the first time you use the installer:

Linux and Mac OS X

Windows

Move the downloaded symfony file to your projects directory and execute it as follows:

If you prefer to create a global symfony command, execute the following:

Then, move both files (symfony and symfony.bat) to any location included in your execution path. Now you can run the symfony command anywhere on your system.

Using the installer

1. Start a new project with the latest stable Symfony version

Execute the new command and provide the name of your project as the only argument:

2. Start a new project with the latest Symfony LTS (Long Term Support) version

Execute the new command and provide the name of your project as the first argument and lts as the second argument. The installer will automatically select the most recent LTS (Long Term Support) version available:

3. Start a new project based on a specific Symfony branch

Execute the new command and provide the name of your project as the first argument and the branch number as the second argument. The installer will automatically select the most recent version available for the given branch:

4. Start a new project based on a specific Symfony version

Execute the new command and provide the name of your project as the first argument and the exact Symfony version as the second argument:

5. Install the Symfony demo application

The Symfony Demo is a reference application developed using the official Symfony Best Practices:

Updating the installer

New versions of the Symfony Installer are released regularly. To update your installer version, execute the following command:

NOTE

If your system requires the use of a proxy server to download contents, the installer tries to guess the best proxy settings from the HTTP_PROXY and http_proxy environment variables. Make sure any of them is set before executing the Symfony Installer.

Troubleshooting

SSL and certificates issues on Windows systems

If you experience any error related with SSL or security certificates when using the Symfony Installer on Windows systems:

1) Check that the OpenSSL extension is enabled in your php.ini configuration:

2) Check that the path to the file that contains the security certificates exists and is defined in php.ini:

If you can't locate the cacert.pem file anywhere on your system, you can safely download it from the official website of the cURL project: http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem

All versions of symfony-installer with dependencies

PHP Build Version
Package Version
Requires php Version >=5.4.0
guzzlehttp/guzzle Version ^5.3.1
symfony/console Version ~2.6
symfony/filesystem Version ~2.5
raulfraile/distill Version ~0.9,!=0.9.3,!=0.9.4
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