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Bootstrapping the Core Library not up to date

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
php
Domain
documentation

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Start with the documented “Bootstrapping the Core Library” page and compare its minimal API Platform example with the current interfaces and class locations. Done means the instructions are updated for a legacy vanilla PHP project and the example works without requiring Symfony or Laravel.

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Hello !

I'm trying to bootstrap api platform on a legacy vanilla php project that we do not want to migrate to symfony or laravel.

I read the documentation available here : Bootstrapping the Core Library

If I understand well, the "minimal version of API Platform" seems outdated, many interfaces have changed, many classes are not located where they used to be.

I am trying to make it work, not knowing the code it is a bit complicated, could you update the doc ? Or, if so, tell me what I misunderstood ?

Thank you :)

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