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Updated the Symfony Installer installation instructions
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Expand Up @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ On **Linux** and **Mac OS X** systems, execute the following console commands:

.. code-block:: bash

$ curl -sS https://symfony.com/installer | php
$ curl -LsS http://symfony.com/installer > symfony.phar
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Is it really needed to switch back to plain HTTP?

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Unfortunately yes, because symfony.com doesn't support SSL yet. We're working on this but it will take some time.

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Hm okay, that should indeed be solved as fast as possible. Having to retrieve such an important tool from an HTTP connection is not really trustworthy.

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+1 I could see someone "burning" Symfony for this in the Twitter-world. And of course, we just shouldn't put people in this position. The faster the better on the SSL cert.

$ sudo mv symfony.phar /usr/local/bin/symfony

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.. code-block:: bash

$ php -r "readfile('https://symfony.com/installer');" | php
$ php -r "readfile('http://symfony.com/installer');" > symfony.phar
$ sudo mv symfony.phar /usr/local/bin/symfony

After installing the Symfony installer, you'll have to open a new console window
Expand All @@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ to be able to execute the new ``symfony`` command:

On **Windows** systems, execute the following console command:

.. code-block:: bash
.. code-block:: bash

c:\> php -r "readfile('https://symfony.com/installer');" | php
c:\> php -r "readfile('http://symfony.com/installer');" > symfony.phar

This command downloads a file called ``symfony.phar`` which contains the Symfony
installer. Save or move that file to the directory where you create the Symfony
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