Symfony Installer

This is the official installer to start new projects based on the Symfony full-stack framework.

Installing the installer

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

Linux and Mac OS X

$ curl -LsS http://symfony.com/installer > symfony.phar
$ sudo mv symfony.phar /usr/local/bin/symfony
$ chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/symfony

Windows

c:\> php -r "readfile('http://symfony.com/installer');" > symfony.phar

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

c:\> php symfony.phar

Using the installer

1. Start a new project with the latest Symfony version

Execute the new command and provide the name of your project:

# Linux, Mac OS X
$ symfony new my_project

# Windows
$ php symfony.phar new my_project

2. 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:

# Linux, Mac OS X
$ symfony new my_project 2.3

# Windows
$ php symfony.phar new my_project 2.3

3. 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:

# Linux, Mac OS X
$ symfony new my_project 2.5.6

# Windows
$ php symfony.phar new my_project 2.5.6

Updating the installer

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