Merge pull request symfony#1523 from athieriot/2.0

weaverryan · weaverryan · commit 6522ea25fb8c · 2012-07-09T06:01:22.000-07:00
Add a tips about the Build-in web server included in PHP 5.4
diff --git a/quick_tour/the_big_picture.rst b/quick_tour/the_big_picture.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ Downloading Symfony2
 First, check that you have installed and configured a Web server (such as
 Apache) with PHP 5.3.2 or higher.
 
+.. tips::
+   
+    Since PHP 5.4, you could use the Build-in web server. For development purpose only, it can help you to start your project right now.
+    Just use this command to launch the server:
+    
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        php -S localhost:80 -t /path/to/www
+
+    Where "/path/to/www" is the path to some directory on your machine that you'll extract Symfony into so that the eventual URL to your application is "http://localhost/Symfony/app_dev.php".
+    You can also extract Symfony first and then start the web server in the Symfony "web" directory. If you do this, the URL to your application will be "http://localhost/app_dev.php".
+
 Ready? Start by downloading the "`Symfony2 Standard Edition`_", a Symfony
 :term:`distribution` that is preconfigured for the most common use cases and
 also contains some code that demonstrates how to use Symfony2 (get the archive
