Install Symfony – Windows XP / Vista + WAMP
Krzysztof Karolczak | Friday February 29th, 2008How to quickly and easily install Symfony Framework on Windows? A 15 minute guide that will let you start the fun right away!
I assume that you’re working on Windows XP or Vista and starting from scratch – that means without any WWW server configured on the machine – this guide will cover all of that 
. Enjoy!
What will we need?
- WAMP (version 2.0 at the moment of writing)
- and… that’s all!
Using WAMP we’ll install PEAR and Symfony right afterwards, but starting from the beginning:
Part 1 – Installing WAMP
WAMP is a self-installing, all-in-the-box package with Apache, MySQL and PHP 5 (5.2.8+) – and that’s exactly what we need (there is also PHPMyAdmin and SQLitemanager included which is nice and may come in handy). Of course it’s not the only pack like that available on the internet, very similar to WAMP is for example XAMPP – the choice is up to you. You could also install all the components manually… but what’s the point?
WAMP will auto-extract it’s files (let’s say under C:\wamp) and start off without any problems. Voila! – a running server with default configuration! That was fast, wasn’t it
You can configure WAMP’s elements by clicking its tray icon. (You can also translate WAMP to a variety of languages – right click on the icon and see for yourself )
If your WAMP fails to start and you get a warning that port 80 is being used (and you don’t have another HTTP server running on the machine) – it can be Skype. Make sure that in Skype’s options (Advanced >> Connection) the checkbox about using port 80 as alternative port for incoming connections is not ticked.
Symfony needs PHP-XSL and Apache URL Rewrite Module to function normally (which are off by default on most installs). Let’s start by activating the Rewrite module – left click on WAMP’s tray icon and than in Apache >> Apache Modules menu select rewrite_module (server will automatically reboot). Now it’s time for XSL, as in the step before: – in PHP >> PHP Extension menu look for php_xsl and click it. But there is one more php.ini file, which WAMP sometimes won’t change (no clue why) – we need to do it by hand, let’s open: C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.8\php.ini and remove “;” from the line:
;extension=php_xsl.dll
Now we should add environment variables to have access to PHP i MySQL under the command line. Right-click on My Computer, than Properties. Switch to Advanced tab and click the Environment Variables button. At the end of variable PATH let’s add something like ;C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.8;C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.0.45\bin (paths to MySQL and PHP files separated by a semicolon).
Part 2 – PEAR Install
PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository) is a PHP extension distribution system. Installation files are bundled with PHP by default, so this won’t take us long.
In the WAMP’s PHP directory (ie. C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.8\) run the go-pear.bat file. Follow the installation steps and answer the questions, the default config should be just fine.
Inside the PHP directory the installer created a PEAR_ENV.reg file, which after double-clicking will add all the PEAR variables to the registry – no need to do it by hand.
Part 3 – Finally the Symfony
Open the command line and write:
> pear channel-discover pear.symfony-project.com
If everything goes wel, you’ll see:
Adding Channel “pear.symfony-project.com” succeeded
Discovery of channel “pear.symfony-project.com” succeeded
So the time has come, write the magic line:
> pear install symfony/symfony
The download of the package shouldn’t take long (~2 MB), and PEAR automates the whole process.
Finally, to check if Symfony is installed correctly write:
symfony -V
Which should print out on the screen the version of Symfony you’ve just downloaded.
Part 4 – Your first Symfony project
Considering everything went smooth you can now write in the command line:
> cd C:\wamp\www
> mkdir myproject
> cd myproject
> symfony init-project myproject
> symfony init-app testapp
For Symfony 1.2 the proper way to init a project is:
> symfony generate:project myproject
> symfony generate:app —escaping-strategy=on —csrf-secret=Unique$ecret testapp
When calling the generate:app task, we have also passed two security related options:
- –escaping-strategy – Enables output escaping to prevent XSS attacks
- –csrf-secret – Enables session tokens in forms to prevent CSRF attacks
Yes, Symfony 1.2 will automatically protect us from the two most widespread vulnerabilities found on the web!
Congratulations!
The effects of your work can be seen at http://127.0.0.1/myproject/web/
And that’s that. I wish you many successful projects in Symfony
If you want to move on from here (with your brand new Symfony Framework on-board 
):
- See my guide on configuring Apache to work hand in hand with your Symfony applications.
- Visit the Symfony official web page and enjoy the variety of guides, tutorials and well written documentation.
Bardzo zwięzła i pomocna informacja jak zainstalować pear, symfony i
anurit.pl | Friday April 18th, 2008Bardzo zwięzła i pomocna informacja jak zainstalować pear, symfony i jeden z lamp-ów.
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Wonderful guide !!!!.. thanks a lot dude...
santhosh Palan | Wednesday May 7th, 2008Wonderful guide !!!!.. thanks a lot dude…
Good straightforward no bs guide. Thanks!
nm | Wednesday June 4th, 2008Good straightforward no bs guide. Thanks!
If you are behind a proxy, you need to setup
Pedro Guerreiro | Thursday June 12th, 2008If you are behind a proxy, you need to setup PEAR to use the proxy, before you install symfony, in Part 3. Do this:
pear config-set http_proxy http://yourproxy:portReplace yourproxy with your proxy address, and port with your proxy port.
Thanks - this was the only guide i tried that
Neal Sherman | Thursday June 12th, 2008Thanks – this was the only guide i tried that worked – I am now at the point where i created a test project. I get the welcome screen but no images and I have no idea what it is asking me to do
the error is “This project uses the symfony libraries. If you see no image in this page, you may need to configure your web server so that it gains access to the symfony_data/web/sf/ directory.”
Can someone help here
thanks
Thank you for the guide! It's very useful!
kaki | Friday June 13th, 2008Thank you for the guide! It’s very useful!
The First Page don't show in myproject what i have to
Rodrigo | Saturday June 21st, 2008The First Page don’t show in myproject
what i have to do?
everthing is correctly in your guide but the page of symfony don`t show in my pc is writen that:
If you see no image in this page, you may need to configure your web server so that it gains access to the symfony_data/web/sf/ directory.
where i can do this?
Thanks, handy guide indeed. Easy enough to follow although I'm
Amir Hamzah | Friday July 18th, 2008Thanks, handy guide indeed. Easy enough to follow although I’m not using the “self installing WAMP” (I install all the components manually); I manage to done this.
Thanks again.
swietny przewodnik, dokladnie czegos takiego szukalem, wielkie dzieki!
yaqoob | Friday August 1st, 2008swietny przewodnik, dokladnie czegos takiego szukalem, wielkie dzieki!
Wszystko działa tak jak jest napisane. Rewelacja. Dziękuję bardzo i
wojtek77 | Saturday August 2nd, 2008Wszystko działa tak jak jest napisane. Rewelacja. Dziękuję bardzo i pozdrawiam.
Krzysztof way to sexy tutorial, works perfect! youre awesome!
Adi | Saturday August 2nd, 2008Krzysztof
way to sexy tutorial, works perfect! youre awesome!
[...] assuming that you have Symfony already properly installed (if
Setting the web server to gain access to symfony_data/web/sf/ directory | Poetry of Programming | Friday August 8th, 2008[...] assuming that you have Symfony already properly installed (if not the installation guide is here). I’m working on a WAMP installation of Apache+MySQL+PHP, so the directory paths in my [...]
For a guide on setting the web server to gain
Krzysztof Karolczak | Friday August 8th, 2008For a guide on setting the web server to gain access to symfony_data/web/sf/ directory go here
It solves the “If you see no image in this page, you may need to configure your web server so that it gains access to the symfony_data/web/sf/ directory.” issue
.
Bardzo pomocny tutorial.Bardzo dziękuje :)
Tomek | Sunday September 7th, 2008Bardzo pomocny tutorial.Bardzo dziękuje
I had followed a much more complicated tutorial: - http://trac.symfony-project.org/wiki/HowToInstallPearOnWindowsWithWamp - http://trac.symfony-project.org/wiki/HowToInstallSymfonyOnWindowsWithWamp but
Olivier Bridgeman | Thursday September 11th, 2008I had followed a much more complicated tutorial:
- http://trac.symfony-project.org/wiki/HowToInstallPearOnWindowsWithWamp
- http://trac.symfony-project.org/wiki/HowToInstallSymfonyOnWindowsWithWamp
but this one is simpler
hey all the procedures went well but when i tested
shrat | Thursday September 18th, 2008hey all the procedures went well
but when i tested it it said
Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘InvalidArgumentException’ with message ‘The application “” does not exist.’ in C:\wamp\www\sf_sandbox\lib\symfony\config\sfProjectConfiguration.class.php:328 Stack trace: #0 C:\wamp\www\sf_sandbox\test\bootstrap\functional.php(22): sfProjectConfiguration::getApplicationConfiguration(”, ‘test’, true) #1 {main} thrown in C:\wamp\www\sf_sandbox\lib\symfony\config\sfProjectConfiguration.class.php on line 328
pls help me
If you are testing a sandbox it doesn't need Symfony
Krzysztof Karolczak | Thursday September 18th, 2008If you are testing a sandbox it doesn’t need Symfony installed – create and test a normal project instead and see if it works. And read about running sf sandbox on the symfony-project.org forum.
VERY HELPFUL!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
icyblue | Thursday October 23rd, 2008VERY HELPFUL!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
super dzięki
Tasior | Sunday October 26th, 2008super dzięki
PANALO
stevedevera | Monday November 3rd, 2008PANALO
excellent guide!
123 | Tuesday November 11th, 2008excellent guide!
Witam a ja mam taki problem: Gdy wpisuje > symfony init-project
pejot | Tuesday November 25th, 2008Witam a ja mam taki problem:
Gdy wpisuje > symfony init-project mojprojekt dostaje
C:\wamp\www\mojprojekt>symfony init-project mojprojekt
The system cannot find the path specified.
Mój symfony.bat wyglada tak:
@echo off
rem *************************************************************
rem ** symfony CLI for Windows based systems (based on phing.bat)
rem *************************************************************
rem This script will do the following:
rem - check for PHP_COMMAND env, if found, use it.
rem - if not found detect php, if found use it, otherwise err and terminate
if ?%OS%?==?Windows_NT? @setlocal
rem %~dp0 is expanded pathname of the current script under NT
set SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0
goto init
:init
if ?%PHP_COMMAND%? == ?? goto no_phpcommand
IF EXIST ?.\symfony? (
%PHP_COMMAND% ?.\symfony? %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
) ELSE (
rem %PHP_COMMAND% -d html_errors=off -d open_basedir= -q %SCRIPT_DIR%\symfony %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
%PHP_COMMAND% -d html_errors=off -d open_basedir= -q C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6\ symfony %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
)
goto cleanup
:no_phpcommand
rem echo ????????????????????????
rem echo WARNING: Set environment var PHP_COMMAND to the location of your php.exe
rem echo executable (e.g. C:\PHP\php.exe). (assuming php.exe on PATH)
rem echo ????????????????????????
set PHP_COMMAND=C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6\php.exe
goto init
:cleanup
if ?%OS%?==?Windows_NT? @endlocal
rem pause
A nadmienię jeszcze ze nie mam folderu symfony w C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6\
I like it. Thanks for instal quite. It's realy usefull.
Jav | Wednesday November 26th, 2008I like it. Thanks for instal quite. It’s realy usefull.
#pejot a zwraca Ci coś polecenie symfony -V? I zobacz
Krzysztof Karolczak | Sunday November 30th, 2008#pejot a zwraca Ci coś polecenie symfony -V? I zobacz czy jeśli odpalisz symfony.bat znajdując się bezpośrednio w folderze symfony czy działa…
Hi there ! I've followed this tuto, really useful and
BluePyth | Monday December 22nd, 2008Hi there !
I’ve followed this tuto, really useful and helpful too
Just a thing, now the line ti uncomment in the php.ini file is modified automatically, seems like the author of wamp as fixed this bug
Bye !
Hey, i follwed the tutorial as i had no experience
Iltar | Tuesday December 30th, 2008Hey, i follwed the tutorial as i had no experience with symfony on windows (i do on linux). But i get a message that php.exe could not be found…
Use:
C:\ServerT\bin\php\php5.2.8>cd C:\ServerT\www\stage-verslag
C:\ServerT\www\stage-verslag>symfony
‘php.exe’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Why is that? (using wamp 2.0f)
Did you set the environment variables to point your php
Krzysztof Karolczak | Friday January 2nd, 2009Did you set the environment variables to point your php binary? Read the paragraph just before the Part 2 of the tutorial
.
Świetna pomoc, dzięki wielkie.
krzysztof | Sunday January 25th, 2009Świetna pomoc, dzięki wielkie.
"Part 3 - Finally the Symfony" On windows cmd I will execute
alexis | Sunday March 1st, 2009“Part 3 – Finally the Symfony”
On windows cmd
I will execute pear command but inside what directory have to be my prompt?
d:/ pear ….. ?
Very very thanks for given a exact guideline
pavan | Monday March 2nd, 2009Very very thanks for given a exact guideline
@alexis if you've run the created PEAR_ENV.reg file after the
Krzysztof Karolczak | Monday March 2nd, 2009@alexis if you’ve run the created PEAR_ENV.reg file after the Pear installation than you should be able to run pear from anywhere (you might need to restart your console for that).
Na koćcu powinno byc chyba: symfony generate:project mojprojekt symfony generate:app --escaping-strategy=on --csrf-secret=UniqueSecret
arcz | Saturday March 7th, 2009Na koćcu powinno byc chyba:
symfony generate:project mojprojekt
symfony generate:app --escaping-strategy=on --csrf-secret=UniqueSecret testapp
A tutaj mily 24-godzinny tutorial (w wersji angielskiej są dostępne wszystkie lekcje)
Podziękowania za instrukcje dla windy!
thank you so much for this guide ... I've been
arpi | Tuesday April 7th, 2009thank you so much for this guide … I’ve been struggling all day trying to install symfony and it took me 10 minutes with your instructions!
You just nailed it! Thank you very much. This is a
Jess | Thursday April 30th, 2009You just nailed it!
Thank you very much. This is a very helpful reference.
Hi! Very Very Helpful article for
Malay Mehta | Tuesday May 19th, 2009Hi!
Very Very Helpful article for the newbies to Symfony. Thanks for all the efforts!!!!!
Technically Yours,
Malay Mehta
thx, finally got it working. still new to Symfony so
Maarten De Bal | Wednesday June 10th, 2009thx, finally got it working.
still new to Symfony so will explore it in the next weeks
Cześć dzięki że zamieściłeś ten tekst, bo ciągle mało po
leon | Thursday July 2nd, 2009Cześć dzięki że zamieściłeś ten tekst, bo ciągle mało po polsku o symfony,
ale niestety mam problem, zrobilem wszystko do 3 punktu i jak wpisuje w konsoli:
> pear channel-discover pear.symfony-project.com
to mi wywala komunikat:
Nazwa pear nie jest rozpoznawalna jako polecenie wewnętrzne lub zewnętrzne, program wykonywalny lub plik wsadowy.
No i nie wiem jak to ugryźć, będę wdzięczny za jakieś wskazówki, dodam że poprawnie wrzucił mi do rejestru i konsole zrestartowałem, ale nic to nie dało
(
Dodaj ręcznie ścieżkę PEARa do zmiennej PATH tak jak robiłeś
Krzysztof Karolczak | Friday July 3rd, 2009Dodaj ręcznie ścieżkę PEARa do zmiennej PATH tak jak robiłeś to krok wcześniej z PHP.
Bardzo przydał mi się ten artykuł tym bardziej że mało
pozycjoner | Monday July 13th, 2009Bardzo przydał mi się ten artykuł tym bardziej że mało info o symfony pod windows jest
Bardzo przydatny tutor - dzieki :) Wydaje mi sie, ze
sikorka | Saturday August 1st, 2009Bardzo przydatny tutor – dzieki
Wydaje mi sie, ze mogl Ci sie wkrasc blad:
zamiast
;extension:php_xsl.dll
zdaje sie ze powinno byc
;extension:ext/php_xsl.dll
w C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.8\php.ini
dlatego, ze php_xsl.dll domyslnie laduje w katalogu C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.8\ext
Jesli wszystkim dziala bez tego to dobrze, moze to nie potrzebne.
you are great. this is very helpful document. thank you
seren | Wednesday August 5th, 2009you are great. this is very helpful document. thank you very much.
thanks, very useful and simple
mahi | Wednesday August 19th, 2009thanks, very useful and simple
Hej Wielkie dzieki Kiedy odpalam plik go-pear.bat
Maciek | Thursday August 20th, 2009Hej Wielkie dzieki
Kiedy odpalam plik go-pear.bat dostaje komunikat ( co z tym fantem zrobić ? ) :
har “C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\go-pear.phar” does not have a signature
Warning: require_once(phar://go-pear.phar/index.php): failed to open stream: phar error: invalid url or non-existent phar “phar://go-pear.phar/index.php” in C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0\PEAR\go-pear.phar on line 1236
Aby kontynuowa†, nacinij dowolny klawisz . . .
@Maciek Miałam podobny problem jak Ty... spróbuj zainstalować wamp2.0 w innej
b45k4 | Saturday August 29th, 2009@Maciek
Miałam podobny problem jak Ty… spróbuj zainstalować wamp2.0 w innej wersji np wamp2.0f, bo zakładam że masz wersję wamp2.0i… u mnie dla wersji 2.0f wszystko działało tak jak w tutorialu, a dla wersji 2.0i wyskakiwał ten błąd.
Aby rozwiązać problem z instalacja pear otwieramy konsole wpisujemy: cd C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0> php
Pawel Kopeć | Saturday August 29th, 2009Aby rozwiązać problem z instalacja pear otwieramy konsole wpisujemy:
cd C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.0>
php -d phar.require_hash=0 ./PEAR/go-pear.phar
Powodzenia!
Po utworzeniu projektu, gdy robie podgląd na localhoscie wyświetla si
Piotrek | Monday September 7th, 2009Po utworzeniu projektu, gdy robie podgląd na localhoscie wyświetla si eekran Symfony Project Created ale bez grafiki. Czy ktoś wie jak to naprawić? Z góry dzięki za pomoc.
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Hi, I've done all the steps of this tutorial, but when
Symfnoob | Sunday December 6th, 2009Hi,
I’ve done all the steps of this tutorial, but when I want create a new project I have the message below :
C:\wamp\www\myproject>symfony init-task myproject
Task "init-task" is not defined.
Can anyone help me ?
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thank you for this guide. It works for win7 too.
Claudio | Saturday January 23rd, 2010thank you for this guide. It works for win7 too. good luck!
greetings from Chile!