How do I create a project based on a specific version of Symfony using composer?

Question

I want to create a project based on Symfony 2.4.6.

These commands:

../composer.phar create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition=v2.4.6 ./
../composer.phar create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition ./ 2.4.6
../composer.phar create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition ./ v2.4.6

all say that they are installing Symfony 2.4.6, but I end up with 2.4.9 in my composer.lock and in vendors/. Is there a way to force creation of a project based specifically on 2.4.6?

composer create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition ./ "2.4.6" — Cerad
– Cerad, Commented Sep 9, 2014 at 17:45
What's wrong with installing the latest possible bugfix release of a framework? I expect the Symfony project to honor the semantic versioning and only add bugfixes in 2.4, and only add compatible features in 2.5 and above. I would assume you are safe to only require some 2.4.* version. You will be able to easily benefit from bugfixes by simply updating your dependencies. — Sven
– Sven, Commented Sep 10, 2014 at 20:35
I have some dependencies with VERY specific version requirements. — astletron
– astletron, Commented Sep 11, 2014 at 12:23

hakre · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-28 08:54:19Z

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with composer :

composer create-project symfony/website-skeleton my_project ^4.4.0

to install a full project in the 4.4.X stable version

or :

composer create-project symfony/skeleton my_project ^4.4.0

to install a lightweight project with fewer requirements

with symfony :

alternatively try the Symfony Installer for the symfony command.

To create a traditional web application :

symfony new --webapp my_project_name

and to build a lightweight app like a microservice, console application or API :

symfony new my_project_name

to install the current LTS version :

symfony new my_project_name --version=lts

to install the latest stable version :

symfony new my_project_name --version=stable

to install the development version :

symfony new my_project_name --version=next

to install a specific version :

symfony new my_project_name --version=4.4

edited Jan 28, 2023 at 8:54

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Yusuf Ibrahim Over a year ago

got some issues, Symfony installer seems doesn't reliable. I get following errors: "Could not find package symfony/skeleton with version 4.4.0. " and " Could not parse version constraint lts: Invalid version string "lts" "

SteveExdia Over a year ago

I need to install symfony webapp using the composer.phar in the folder, not the global version, and I'm not seeing how to do that.

Antikhippe · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-15 14:41:41Z

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I tried:

composer create-project symfony/website-skeleton my_project 4.4.0

but this didn't work. I got following error:

Could not find package symfony/skeleton with version 4.4.0.

Then I tried:

composer create-project symfony/website-skeleton my_project ^4.4.0

and this worked.

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answered Nov 27, 2019 at 16:29

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DrLightman Over a year ago

The second command not working either with composer 2.0.11

hakre Over a year ago

@DrLightman: Your command line interpreter may need quoting on the caret "^" character to understand you entering the command. Perhaps you entered that character verbatim (as-is)?

Cerad · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-09 18:56:17Z

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Interesting. There might be something wrong with the standard edition package. I got 2.4.* as well. But no problem. Just edit the composer.json file and run composer install.

mkdir s26
cd s26
composer create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition path/ "2.4.6"
rm composer.lock
rm -r vendor
edit composer.json and change 2.4.* to 2.4.6
composer install
app/console 
  Symfony version 2.4.6 - app/dev/debug

answered Sep 9, 2014 at 18:56

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astletron Over a year ago

Thanks for this idea. I think even better might be to clone 2.4.6 from github and then run composer install (basically what composer create-project does but with the desired version of Symfony).

Cerad Over a year ago

Yep. I am just used to using composer and was a bit surprised that it did not give exactly what was requested. But git clone certainly works.

helvete · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-27 11:44:27Z

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If you are using Symfony CLI try using

symfony new my_project_name --version=5.3

edited Jan 27, 2023 at 11:44

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hakre Over a year ago

How is this different from the existing and accepted answer? What is the benefit of it in Jan 22 to have this as an additional answer on the same page? Why should this be tried? Doesn't it answer the question clearly? Please add all the relevant context.

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