Silex, a simple Web Framework

Silex is a PHP micro-framework to develop websites based on Symfony components_::

<?php

require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';

$app = new Silex\Application();

$app->get('/hello/{name}', function ($name) use ($app) {
  return 'Hello '.$app->escape($name);
});

$app->run();

Silex works with PHP 5.5.9 or later.

Installation

The recommended way to install Silex is through Composer_:

.. code-block:: bash

composer require silex/silex "~2.0"

Alternatively, you can download the silex.zip_ file and extract it.

More Information

Read the documentation_ for more information and changelog <doc/changelog.rst>_ for upgrading information.

Tests

To run the test suite, you need Composer_ and PHPUnit_:

.. code-block:: bash

$ composer install
$ phpunit

Community

Check out #silex-php on irc.freenode.net.

License

Silex is licensed under the MIT license.

.. _Symfony components: http://symfony.com .. _Composer: http://getcomposer.org .. _PHPUnit: https://phpunit.de .. _silex.zip: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/download .. _documentation: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/documentation