Installing Blink

1. Install Swoole Extension

Before your installation please be sure your PHP version is greater then 5.6, then run the following command to install Swoole:

$ pecl install swoole

Then, run php -m | grep swoole command to make sure Swoole installed successfully.

2. Install Blink Framework via Composer

If you still do not have a Composer installed, you can install it by:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

After Composer installed, you are able to create a Blink project and install all its dependencies by using Composer's create-project command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist blink/seed your-app

3. Confirm The Installation

Start Blink server to ensure the installation:

cd /path/to/your-app
php blink server:serve

Then, launch your browser and open http://localhost:7788/ , if you can see a welcome message saying "Hello world, Blink" that would indicates Blink is already installed successfully.