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Fix PHP requirement in installation documentation
Nov 17, 2013
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Be more explicit that PHP 5.3.8 or higher is the recommendation
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Keep the minimum viable info about PHP in the Book's installation cha…
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Add a warning about PHP < 5.3.8 limitations in the requirements article
Nov 17, 2013
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Fix linking to the requirements section.
Nov 17, 2013
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions book/installation.rst
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Expand Up @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ Installing a Symfony2 Distribution
.. tip::

First, check that you have installed and configured a Web server (such
as Apache) with PHP 5.3.8 or higher. For more information on Symfony2
requirements, see the :doc:`requirements reference </reference/requirements>`.
as Apache) with PHP. For more information on Symfony2 requirements, see the
:doc:`requirements reference </reference/requirements>`.

Symfony2 packages "distributions", which are fully-functional applications
that include the Symfony2 core libraries, a selection of useful bundles, a
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions reference/requirements.rst
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Expand Up @@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ Required
* ctype needs to be enabled
* Your ``php.ini`` needs to have the ``date.timezone`` setting

.. caution::

Be aware that Symfony2 has some known limitations when using PHP 5.3.8
or below. For more information see the `Requirements section of the readme`_

Optional
--------

Expand All @@ -48,3 +53,5 @@ Doctrine
If you want to use Doctrine, you will need to have PDO installed. Additionally,
you need to have the PDO driver installed for the database server you want
to use.

.. _`Requirements section of the readme`: https://github.com/symfony/symfony#requirements