Windows setup

Base setup

Installation

The base setup consists in installing/updating Xampp for Windows, that contains Apache, PHP 7.x, and MariaDB (an alternative for MySQL).

Download link: https://www.apachefriends.org/fr/download.html

Path setup

Don't forget to add the path to PHP in your PATH system environment.

Use this documentation to find how to access it: https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm 

        
            
...;C:\Xampp\php

Virtual Hosts

To add some VirtualHosts in your Apache configuration:

        
            
# C:\Xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf
# At the end of the file

# Random project
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName website.dev

    DocumentRoot C:/Xampp/www/website.dev
    RewriteEngine on

    <Directory C:/Xampp/www/website.dev>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog "logs/website.dev_error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/website.dev_access.log" combined
</VirtualHost>

# Symfony 4 project
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName website.dev

    DocumentRoot C:/Xampp/www/website.dev/public

    <Directory C:/Xampp/www/website.dev/public>
        AllowOverride None
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow from All
        Require all granted

        <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
            Options -MultiViews
            RewriteEngine On
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
        </IfModule>
    </Directory>

    <Directory C:/Xampp/www/website.dev/public/bundles>
        <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
            RewriteEngine Off
        </IfModule>
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog "logs/website.dev_error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/website.dev_access.log" combined
</VirtualHost>

Then update your hosts file accordingly. The file must be updated using your favorite text editor (Notepad, Notepad++...) launched using the Admin rights. 

        
            
# C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
# At the end of the file
127.0.0.1 website.dev

Composer

Just install composer using this installer: https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe

Cygwin

Download and run the correct installer 32 or 64-bit version, given your Windows version: https://cygwin.com/install.html

Don't forget to tick the checkbox for make during the install process.

NodeJS

Download and run the installer for "Current" (with latest features): https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/

Yarn

Install it using npm, or download and run the installer: https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install#windows-stable

Please check your PATH system variable, if the yarn directory is correctly included.