Symfony Standard Edition comes pre-configured with the following bundles:

• FrameworkBundle
• SensioFrameworkExtraBundle
• DoctrineBundle
• TwigBundle
• SwiftmailerBundle
• ZendBundle
• AsseticBundle
• WebProfilerBundle (in dev/test env)
• SymfonyWebConfiguratorBundle (in dev/test env)
• AcmeDemoBundle (in dev/test env)

If you have downloaded an archive, unpack it somewhere under your web server root directory.

If you have downloaded an archive without the vendors, run the bin/vendors.sh script (git must be installed on your machine). If you don't have git, download the version with the vendors included.

Run the following scripts:

• bin/vendors.sh
• bin/build_bootstrap.php
• app/console assets:install web/

Check that everything is working fine by going to the config.php page in a browser and follow the instructions.

The distribution is configured with the following defaults:

• Twig is the only configured template engine;
• Doctrine ORM/DBAL is configured;
• Swiftmailer is configured;
• Annotations for everything are enabled.

A default bundle, AcmeDemoBundle, shows you Symfony2 in action. It's only available in the dev environment. After playing with it, you can remove it by deleting the src/Acme directory and removing the routing entry in app/config/routing_dev.yml.

Configure the distribution by editing app/config/parameters.ini or by accessing /web/config.php in a browser.

A simple controller is configured at /hello/{name}. Access it via web/app_dev.php/_demo/hello/Fabien.

If you want to use the CLI, a console application is available at app/console. Check first that your PHP is correctly configured for the CLI by running app/check.php.

Enjoy!