Install Symfony2 on localhost

Using the command prompt

The best way to install and configure a Symfony2 project is described in the official documentation as follows:

Mac OS X / Linux

$ sudo curl -LsS https://symfony.com/installer -o /usr/local/bin/symfony
$ sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/symfony 

Windows

c:\> php -r "file_put_contents('symfony', file_get_contents('https://symfony.com/installer'));" 

Then you could use the Symfony binary to build the right scaffolding:

$ symfony new my_project 

Using composer over console

Given you’ve already installed composer up and running and it’s accessible globally, you can simply create new Symfony projects as stated in the official documentation.

Now you can create a new Symfony project with composer:

composer create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition my_project_name

This will create the project in the current directory you’re in.

If you want to create the project with a specific version of Symfony, you can add a parameter with the version number:

composer create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition my_project_name "2.8.*"

Hint: If you’re thinking that composer won’t do anything, add the -vvv flag to the command. That way, you’ll receive detailed information about what composer is doing right now.