Setting up your Dev Environment

To run Symfony in 2026, you need:

1. PHP 8.4+
2. Composer (The PHP package manager)
3. Symfony CLI (Highly recommended)
4. Docker (For database and services)

Installing Symfony CLI

On Linux/Mac: bash curl -sS https://get.symfony.com/cli/installer | bash

On Windows: Use the installer from the official Symfony website.

Verify with: bash symfony check:req