Installation

The Slim Framework is a popular PHP micro-framework for building web applications. To set up this Slim Framework skeleton project, you will need to have PHP and Composer installed on your system.

Step 1: Create a new project:

Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to create your new Slim Framework project.

Run the following Composer command to create a new project:

composer create-project odan/slim4-skeleton [my-app-name]

Replace [my-app-name] with the desired name for your project. This will create a new directory with the specified name and install the required dependencies.

Step 2: Set permissions (Linux only)

cd my-app

sudo chown -R www-data tmp/
sudo chown -R www-data logs/

sudo chmod -R g+w tmp/
sudo chmod -R g+w logs/

Step 3: Start the internal webserver

Once the installation is complete, navigate to the newly created directory and start the built-in PHP development server by running the following command:

composer start

This will start the development server on port 8080 of your local machine. You can now access your application by visiting http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Note: The PHP internal webserver is designed for application development, testing or application demonstrations. It is not intended to be a full-featured web server. It should not be used on a public network.