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feature #5186 Added a new article about using/installing unstable Symfony versions (javiereguiluz)
This PR was merged into the 2.3 branch. Discussion ---------- Added a new article about using/installing unstable Symfony versions | Q | A | ------------- | --- | Doc fix? | no | New docs? | yes | Applies to | all | Fixed tickets | - In addition to the new article, I propose to move the existing `upgrading.rst` article to the new "Installing and Upgrading" section. New articles related to this topic will be added soon. I plan to add at least two articles: * How to install Symfony with Composer (this will allow us to simplify installation instructions across the documentation and just recommend to use the installer). * How to install Symfony in a Subdirectory (it's not uncommon to have to execute Symfony apps in URLs such as example.com/my-symfony-app/ It's not hard, but at least you have to configure the `router.request_context.base_url` config option, which I think is documented nowhere). Commits ------- 8e8fad2 Removed some wrong labels 1378ec9 Added a note about the Symfony Upgrading Guide 224c380 Fixed a lot of issues pointed by Ryan d5f3d82 Minor improvement in a command 038caa5 Fixed minor issues bae8043 Fixed the beta version constraints a9fee2f Fixed a link to an internal document caff8d2 Minor rewording e1f621e Added a new entry in the redirection_map 724c17f Simplified instructions 6d6303c Fixed a minor error in some index file 719e52c Added the missing file extension 2722933 Fixed articles links df22b75 Fixed typo: "inestable" -> "unstable" 402f5d4 Added a new articule about using/installing inestable Symfony versions
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‎cookbook/index.rst

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‎cookbook/install/index.rst

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Install and Upgrade
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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upgrading
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unstable_versions

‎cookbook/install/unstable_versions.rst

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How to Install or Upgrade to the Latest, Unreleased Symfony Version
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===================================================================
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In this article, you'll learn how to install and use new Symfony versions before
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they are released as stable versions.
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Creating a New Project Based on an Unstable Symfony Version
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Suppose that Symfony 2.7 version hasn't been released yet and you want to create
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a new project to test its features. First, :doc:`install the Composer </cookbook/composer>`
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package manager. Then, open a command console, enter your project's directory and
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execute the following command:
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ composer create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition my_project "2.7.*" --stability=dev
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Once the command finishes its execution, you'll have a new Symfony project created
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in the ``my_project/`` directory and based on the most recent code found in the
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``2.7`` branch.
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If you want to test a beta version, use ``beta`` as the value of the ``stability``
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option:
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ composer create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition my_project "2.7.*" --stability=beta
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Upgrading your Project to an Unstable Symfony Version
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Suppose again that Symfony 2.7 hasn't been released yet and you want to upgrade
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an existing application to test that your project works with it.
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First, open the ``composer.json`` file located in the root directory of your
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project. Then, edit the value of the version defined for the ``symfony/symfony``
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dependency as follows:
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.. code-block:: json
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{
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"require": {
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// ...
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"symfony/symfony" : "2.7.*@dev"
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}
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}
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Finally, open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the
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following command to update your project dependencies:
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ composer update symfony/symfony
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If you prefer to test a Symfony beta version, replace the ``"2.7.*@dev"`` constraint
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by ``"2.7.0-beta1"`` to install a specific beta number or ``2.7.*@beta`` to get
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the most recent beta version.
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After upgrading the Symfony version, read the :doc:`Symfony Upgrading Guide </cookbook/upgrade/index>`
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to learn how you should proceed to update your application's code in case the new
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Symfony version has deprecated some of its features.
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.. tip::
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If you use Git to manage the project's code, it's a good practice to create
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a new branch to test the new Symfony version. This solution avoids introducing
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any issue in your application and allows you to test the new version with
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total confidence:
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How to Upgrade Your Symfony Project
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So a new Symfony release has come out and you want to upgrade, great! Fortunately,
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because Symfony protects backwards-compatibility very closely, this *should*
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be quite easy.
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There are two types of upgrades, and both are a little different:
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* :ref:`upgrading-patch-version`
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* :ref:`upgrading-minor-version`
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.. _upgrading-patch-version:
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Upgrading a Patch Version (e.g. 2.6.0 to 2.6.1)
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If you're upgrading and only the patch version (the last number) is changing,
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then it's *really* easy:
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$ composer update symfony/symfony
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That's it! You should not encounter any backwards-compatibility breaks or
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need to change anything else in your code. That's because when you started
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your project, your ``composer.json`` included Symfony using a constraint
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like ``2.6.*``, where only the *last* version number will change when you
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update.
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You may also want to upgrade the rest of your libraries. If you've done a
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good job with your `version constraints`_ in ``composer.json``, you can do
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this safely by running:
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But beware. If you have some bad `version constraints`_ in your ``composer.json``,
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to new versions that contain backwards-compatibility breaking changes.
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you should also *not* encounter significant backwards compatibility changes.
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For details, see our :doc:`/contributing/code/bc`.
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:ref:`upgrade-minor-symfony-code`
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time.
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Upgrading to Symfony 2.6
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.. _`UPGRADE-2.5`: https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/2.5/UPGRADE-2.5.md
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.. _`UPGRADE-2.6`: https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/2.6/UPGRADE-2.6.md
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.. _`Symfony Repository`: https://github.com/symfony/symfony
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.. _`Composer Package Versions`: https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#package-versions
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