For demonstration purposes only. Do not use this code in a production environment for security and performance issues.

More info: http://www.aftleuven.be/event/web-development-track-workshop-1/

Joind.in link: https://joind.in/event/php-leuven---event-1-introduction-to-php--fast-frameworks/introduction-to-silex

Sign up at http://phpbelgium.be/ and contact metalarend to keep using the server you were working on during the workshop.

• Mac OS X or Linux recommended.

• PHP 5.4+ (PHP 5.5+ recommended)

  • Mac OS X: PHP comes pre-installed. Yay!
  • Linux: Setup guide (advanced) or use XAMPP (easy).
  • Windows: Setup guide (advanced) or use XAMPP (easy).

• Composer (https://getcomposer.org)

https://github.com/2dotstwice/aft-php-silex/archive/master.zip

• Unzip the downloaded file.
• Open the Terminal / Console / ...
• Run composer install
• cd to the web folder of the unzipped download.
• Run php -S localhost:8080
• Open http://localhost:8080/hello in your browser.
• You should see Hello world!

Make the web/files folder writable by PHP.

• Mac OS X / Linux: chmod 777 web/files.
• Windows: Try http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8402415/xampp-on-windows-7-set-chmod, otherwise Google is your friend.

Set date.timezone in php.ini to Europe/Brussels. (If you know where the php.ini file is located.) Otherwise put the following code at the top of your index.php:

ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Brussels');