Installing Symfony - Requirements and Checks

Please find below the mandatory requirements and the checks that= are performed when you install Symfony, and adapt your environment accordi= ngly, so you can successfully install and use it with in your eZ Publish 5 = projects.

Pre-requisite: You must have downloaded Symfony to your computer.

After downloading Symfony, run the following script:

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php app/check/check.php

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This script will take you to the basic configurations of your project. Y= ou can also do the same by editing the 'app/config/parameters.ini'= file.

Mandatory Requirements:

PHP version must be at least 5.3.2 or higher
The "date.timezone" setting must be set
The app/logs directory must be writable
The app/cache directory must be writable
The json_encode() must be available

Optional Checks:

The PHP-XML module is installed
The libxml version is at least 2.6.21
The token_get_all() function is available
The mb_strlen() function is available
The iconv() function is available
The utf8_decode() is available
The posix_isatty() is available
The intl extension is available
The PHP accelerator is installed
The php.ini file has short_open_tag set to off
The php.ini file has magic_quotes_gpc set to off
The php.ini file has register_globals set to off
The php.ini file has session.auto_start set to off

Optional Checks (Doctrine):

PDO is installed
PDO has some drivers installed: mysql, odbc, sqlite2, sqlite

Note that the PHP CLI can use a different php.ini file than the one used= with your web server. In this case please, also lunch this utility from yo= ur web server.

When you run the 'php.check' script, it will show you the path of the ph= p.ini file used by PHP, for instance: "php used by PHP: /opt/local/etc/= php5/php.ini".

The script will check all points listed above. Take the actions needed t= o correct any problem that occurs, and then click on the "Re-check = Configuration" link to start the checking again.