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Tweaks for #1523
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weaverryan committed Jul 9, 2012
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First, check that you have installed and configured a Web server (such as
Apache) with PHP 5.3.2 or higher.

.. tips::
.. tip::

Since PHP 5.4, you could use the Build-in web server. For development purpose only, it can help you to start your project right now.
If you have PHP 5.4, you could use the built-in web server. The built-in
server should be used only for development purpose, but it can help you
to start your project quickly and easily.

Just use this command to launch the server:

.. code-block:: bash
php -S localhost:80 -t /path/to/www
Where "/path/to/www" is the path to some directory on your machine that you'll extract Symfony into so that the eventual URL to your application is "http://localhost/Symfony/app_dev.php".
You can also extract Symfony first and then start the web server in the Symfony "web" directory. If you do this, the URL to your application will be "http://localhost/app_dev.php".
where "/path/to/www" is the path to some directory on your machine that
you'll extract Symfony into so that the eventual URL to your application
is "http://localhost/Symfony/app_dev.php". You can also extract Symfony
first and then start the web server in the Symfony "web" directory. If
you do this, the URL to your application will be "http://localhost/app_dev.php".

Ready? Start by downloading the "`Symfony2 Standard Edition`_", a Symfony
:term:`distribution` that is preconfigured for the most common use cases and
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