How to Install PHP Censor on Windows 11

In this tutorial, we will be outlining step-by-step instructions for installing PHP Censor on a Windows 11 machine. Before starting, ensure that you have administrative privileges on your system.

Prerequisites

• A web server with PHP support (we recommend using XAMPP).
• Composer

Steps

1. Download and Install XAMPP, if you have not already done so. Make sure the Apache, MySQL, and PHP are selected during the installation process.

2. Open the XAMPP control panel and ensure that Apache and MySQL are running.

3. Open the command prompt and navigate to the htdocs folder within the XAMPP directory.

   cd C:\xampp\htdocs
   

4. Clone the PHP Censor Github repository.

   git clone https://github.com/php-censor/php-censor.git
   

5. Open the PHP Censor directory.

   cd php-censor
   

6. Install the dependencies via Composer.

   composer install
   

7. Copy the configuration file.

   cp app/config.yml.dist app/config.yml
   

8. Edit the app/config.yml file to configure PHP Censor. Replace localhost with the IP address or hostname of your MySQL server.

   database:
       db_host: localhost
       db_port: 3306
       db_name: test
       db_user: root
       db_password: mypassword
   

9. Import the MySQL schema by using the following command:

   mysql -u root -p < db/schema.sql
   

10. Start the PHP Censor web server.

php console server:start

11. Access PHP Censor at http://localhost:8000 from your web browser.

Congratulations! You have now installed PHP Censor on your Windows 11 machine. You can use it to automate your code testing and continuous integration processes.

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