Silex Skeleton
WARNING: Silex is in maintenance mode only. Ends of life is set to June
2018. Read more on Symfony's blog_.
Welcome to the Silex Skeleton - a fully-functional Silex application that you
can use as the skeleton for your new applications.
This document contains information on how to start using the Silex Skeleton.
Creating a Silex Application
Silex uses Composer_ to ease the creation of a new project:
.. code-block:: console
$ composer create-project fabpot/silex-skeleton path/to/install "~2.0"
Composer will create a new Silex project under the path/to/install directory.
Browsing the Demo Application
Congratulations! You're now ready to use Silex.
To see a real-live Silex page in action, start the PHP built-in web server with
command:
.. code-block:: console
$ cd path/to/install
$ COMPOSER_PROCESS_TIMEOUT=0 composer run
Then, browse to http://localhost:8888/index_dev.php/
Getting started with Silex
This distribution is meant to be the starting point for your Silex applications.
A great way to start learning Silex is via the Documentation_, which will
take you through all the features of Silex.
What's inside?
The Silex Skeleton is configured with the following service providers:
-
ValidatorServiceProvider_ - Provides a service for validating data. It is
most useful when used with the FormServiceProvider, but can also be used
standalone. -
ServiceControllerServiceProvider_ - As your Silex application grows, you
may wish to begin organizing your controllers in a more formal fashion.
Silex can use controller classes out of the box, but with a bit of work,
your controllers can be created as services, giving you the full power of
dependency injection and lazy loading. -
TwigServiceProvider_ - Provides integration with the Twig template engine. -
WebProfilerServiceProvider_ - Enable the Symfony web debug toolbar and
the Symfony profiler in your Silex application when developing. -
MonologServiceProvider_ - Enable logging in the development environment.
Read the Providers_ documentation for more details about Silex Service
Providers.
Enjoy!
.. _Composer: http://getcomposer.org/
.. _Documentation: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/documentation
.. _ValidatorServiceProvider: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/doc/master/providers/validator.html
.. _ServiceControllerServiceProvider: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/doc/master/providers/service_controller.html
.. _TwigServiceProvider: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/doc/master/providers/twig.html
.. _WebProfilerServiceProvider: http://github.com/silexphp/Silex-WebProfiler
.. _MonologServiceProvider: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/doc/master/providers/monolog.html
.. _Providers: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/doc/providers.html
.. _Symfony's blog: http://symfony.com/blog/the-end-of-silex