1:25pm JST Friday 22 February 2008 (day 13848)
Okay, now Symfony.
1:25pm JST
When I first arrive on their site, it doesn't make me smile, but I can find what I need with brightly colored download box.
1:31pm JST
Alright, well, on the installation page (which is a different URL than the one from which is refreshes: the Symfony download link listed on the front page) I see a lot of words, most of which I read. I'm going to go for the sandbox, just to get something up-n-running.
20:34:14 (~/php.robnugen.com):$ mkdir symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox
20:34:46 (~/php.robnugen.com):$ cd symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox/
20:34:50 (~/php.robnugen.com/symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox):$ wget http://www.symfony-project.org/get/sf_sandbox.tgz
--20:34:56-- http://www.symfony-project.org/get/sf_sandbox.tgz
=> `sf_sandbox.tgz'
Resolving www.symfony-project.org... 217.174.222.79
Connecting to www.symfony-project.org[217.174.222.79]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1,623,202 [application/x-gzip]
100%[============================================================================>] 1,623,202 416.36K/s ETA 00:00
20:35:00 (374.30 KB/s) - `sf_sandbox.tgz' saved [1623202/1623202]
20:35:00 (~/php.robnugen.com/symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox):$ ls
sf_sandbox.tgz
20:35:34 (~/php.robnugen.com/symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox):$ tar -xzf sf_sandbox.tgz
20:35:50 (~/php.robnugen.com/symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox):$ ls
sf_sandbox sf_sandbox.tgz
20:35:57 (~/php.robnugen.com/symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox):$ cd sf_sandbox
20:36:05 (~/php.robnugen.com/symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox/sf_sandbox):$ ls
LICENSE README apps batch cache config data doc lib log plugins symfony symfony.bat symfony.php test web
20:36:07 (~/php.robnugen.com/symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox/sf_sandbox):$
1:37pm JST
Not sure what to do from here; I guess I'll read the README.
1:38pm JST
These instructions are nice. Leading me through step by step.
Wow; a symfony command line?
Okay, trying /sf_sandbox/web/
Nice page:; it's clean and tells me what's next...
BUT, there are no links to the instructions for what's next. Only the last one. Gah.
2:05pm JST
Weird. I tried moving http://php.robnugen.com/symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox/sf_sandbox/web/ to http://php.robnugen.com/symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox/web/ by moving all the files in sf_sandbox to its parent directory, but then the web directory just gives a blank screen. That's a bit spooky. I moved them all back and it works.
2:11pm JST
So it says
This page is part of the symfony default module. It will disappear as soon as you define a homepage route in your routing.yml.
But doesn't say where the file is located. I found one at /apps/frontend/config/routing.yml, but when I change it, nothing happens. cache issue? Wrong file?
I tried clearing the cache (with no change made to the routing.yml file)
$ php symfony cc Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /php.robnugen.com/symfony_2008feb22,_sandbox/sf_sandbox/data/symfony/bin/symfony.php on line 42
I'm about 2 seconds from giving up on symfony.
2:36pm JST
I tried to fix the error, but could not. Symfony is out.