How To Install Yii2 Alpha In Windows using composer

Question

i am using yii 1.0 in all my project. today i got news that yii 2.0 alpha version is released so i am trying to install it in my window 8 system. till now i have never setup yii 2.0 application in my system.

so i started installing it Using this official link. but now i stuck in problem..

i have install composer in system and run it and it's working..

and i am trying execute this command "C:\\xampp\\yii>composer create-project c:/xampp/htdocs/basic/yiinew" but getting error Could not parse version constraint ..

now i don't know how to setup application using composer.. i have searched in google "How to install yii 2.0 in window" but i didn't get any usefull link..

can anyone suggest me now what all are step i have to follow to install it?

i am using php 5.4

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

As Ororuk said, you should simply try :

composer create-project yiisoft/yii2-app-basic c:\xampp\htdocs\basic\yiinew 2.0.0-alpha

This will install package yiisoft/yii2-app-basic ( 2.0.0-alpha version) in folder c:/xampp/htdocs/basic/yiinew (composer will create this folder if necessary).

EDIT : You should access this app using http://localhost/basic/yiinew/web