Requirements for Running Symfony
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Requirements for Running Symfony
Symfony 4.0 requires PHP 7.1.3 or higher to run, in addition to other minor requirements. To make things simple, Symfony provides a tool to quickly check if your system meets all those requirements. Run this command to install the tool:
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$ cd your-project/
$ composer require symfony/requirements-checkerBeware that PHP can define a different configuration for the command console and the web server, so you need to check requirements in both environments.
Checking Requirements for the Web Server
The requirements checker tool creates a file called check.php in the
public/ directory of your project. Open that file with your browser to check
the requirements.
Once you've fixed all the reported issues, uninstall the requirements checker to avoid leaking internal information about your application to visitors:
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$ cd your-project/
$ composer remove symfony/requirements-checkerChecking Requirements for the Command Console
The requirements checker tool adds a script to your Composer configuration to check the requirements automatically. There's no need to execute any command; if there is any issue, you'll see them in the console output.
