Installation

• Requirements
• Setup
• Get started
• Updating

Requirements

• PHP 7.2.0 or higher *
• ext-json
• ext-mbstring

If you plan to use the database library then you'll also need to install ext-pdo.

* Tested on PHP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0 and 8.1

Setup

Installing Mako is easy and can be with done in a few simple steps thanks to composer.

First you'll have to create a new project:

composer create-project mako/app <project name>

Next you'll have to make the app/storage/* directories writable (command my vary depending on your system):

chown www-data:www-data -R app/storage

Note that only the most essential services are enabled by default. Enable the ones that you need by uncommenting them in the app/config/application.php configuration file.

Get started

Mako includes a simple development server which can be started with the following command:

php app/reactor server

Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser of choice and you're ready to start coding!

The included development server is great when getting started and for quick prototyping but your should probably use a VM setup that closely resembles your production environment for advanced projects.

Updating

Mako and all your other dependencies can easily be updated when a new patch release is made available using the following command:

composer update

If you want to bump the Mako version (e.g. from 6.0.* to 6.1.*) then you'll have to update your composer.json file before running the update command.

Some releases might require some minor code changes. These will be documented in the upgrade guides.