1. cd into the directory above where you want your project to live
2. Run:

composer create-project symfony/skeleton my-project

1. Test your app at http://localhost:8000/. You should see the Symfony Welcome page.
2. Initialize a git repository by running git init
3. Open your .gitignore file and add .idea to the bottom to ignore PhpStorm IDE files
4. Enable the Symfony plugin for this project:
   1. Go to Settings and search for Symfony
   2. Check the “Enable Plugin for this Project” checkbox
      

Make sure the Path to composer.json is set up:

1. Go to Settings again and search for “composer”
2. Make sure the “Path to composer.json:” is set as the one in the project directory
   

You should be ready to start coding at this point. A good place to start is in the config/routes.yaml file

Additional Setup (optional)

• Set the web directory in preferences to public instead of web . This will help with auto-complete in Twig. You’ll need to also install the symfony/asset package (see below).
  1. Open Preferences in PhpStorm
  2. Search for symfony
  3. Change Web Directory to public
     

Install the symfony/asset package

composer require asset

Development Server

To start the built-in PHP development server, run:

./bin/console server:run