Requirements for running Symfony2

To install and run Symfony2, you need to adhere few requirements. Symfony 2 is a PHP Web application development framework. Symfony2 consist of numerous tools, libraries and classes and aimed to speed up the development process.

Requirements for running Symfony2

Requirements for running Symfony2

To install and run Symfony2, you need to adhere few requirements. Symfony 2 is a PHP Web application development framework. Symfony2 consist of numerous tools, libraries and classes and aimed to speed up the development process. Symfony2 is completely based on PHP 5 and supports multiple databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle Server.

Requirements for running Symfony2

  • Symfony 2 required minimum PHP 5.3.3 version
  • JSON and Ctype services must be enabled
  • date.timezone setting is required in php.ini
  • And in your php.ini file following changes are recommended
    - short_open_tag = Off
    - magic_quotes_gpc = Off
    - register_globals = Off
    - session.auto_start = Off
  • Also iconv, POSIX needs to be enabled (only on *nix).
  • Run the web/config.php file in your Symfony distribution to check if your system passes all requirements. You can also check the requirement setting from the command line using following command: $ phpapp/check.php

Features of Symfony

  • SymfonyPHP Framework is entirly based on the PHP 5
  • Symfony PHP Framework is easy to install and configure on most
    platform.
  • Creating and maintenance of the PHP Web Application is easy and secure.
  • Symfony Framework has built-in classes, libraries, e-mail and API
  • Management features allow users to create high level web applications.