Silex, a simple Web Framework

WARNING: Silex is in maintenance mode only. Ends of life is set to June
2018. Read more on Symfony's blog <https://symfony.com/blog/the-end-of-silex>_.

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

.. code-block:: php

<?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 7.1.3 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

Support

If you have a configuration problem use the silex tag_ on StackOverflow to ask a question.

If you think there is an actual problem in Silex, please open an issue_ if there isn't one already created.

License

Silex is licensed under the MIT license.

.. _Symfony components: https://symfony.com
.. _Composer: https://getcomposer.org
.. _PHPUnit: https://phpunit.de
.. _silex.zip: https://silex.symfony.com/download
.. _documentation: https://silex.symfony.com/documentation
.. _silex tag: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/silex
.. _open an issue: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex/issues/new