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+Installation
+============
+
+You have multiple ways to install Twig.
+
+Installing the Twig PHP package
+-------------------------------
+
+Installing via Composer (recommended)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Install `Composer`_ and run the following command to get the latest version:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ composer require twig/twig:~1.0
+
+Installing from the tarball release
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+1. Download the most recent tarball from the `download page`_
+2. Verify the integrity of the tarball http://fabien.potencier.org/article/73/signing-project-releases
+3. Unpack the tarball
+4. Move the files somewhere in your project
+
+Installing the development version
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ git clone git://github.com/twigphp/Twig.git
+
+Installing the PEAR package
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. note::
+
+ Using PEAR for installing Twig is deprecated and Twig 1.15.1 was the last
+ version published on the PEAR channel; use Composer instead.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ pear channel-discover pear.twig-project.org
+ pear install twig/Twig
+
+Installing the C extension
+--------------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.4
+ The C extension was added in Twig 1.4.
+
+.. note::
+
+ The C extension is **optional** but it brings some nice performance
+ improvements. Note that the extension is not a replacement for the PHP
+ code; it only implements a small part of the PHP code to improve the
+ performance at runtime; you must still install the regular PHP code.
+
+Twig comes with a C extension that enhances the performance of the Twig
+runtime engine; install it like any other PHP extensions:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+ cd ext/twig
+ phpize
+ ./configure
+ make
+ make install
+
+.. note::
+
+ You can also install the C extension via PEAR (note that this method is
+ deprecated and newer versions of Twig are not available on the PEAR
+ channel):
+
+ .. code-block:: bash
+
+ pear channel-discover pear.twig-project.org
+ pear install twig/CTwig
+
+For Windows:
+
+1. Setup the build environment following the `PHP documentation`_
+2. Put Twig's C extension source code into ``C:\php-sdk\phpdev\vcXX\x86\php-source-directory\ext\twig``
+3. Use the ``configure --disable-all --enable-cli --enable-twig=shared`` command instead of step 14
+4. ``nmake``
+5. Copy the ``C:\php-sdk\phpdev\vcXX\x86\php-source-directory\Release_TS\php_twig.dll`` file to your PHP setup.
+
+.. tip::
+
+ For Windows ZendServer, ZTS is not enabled as mentioned in `Zend Server
+ FAQ`_.
+
+ You have to use ``configure --disable-all --disable-zts --enable-cli
+ --enable-twig=shared`` to be able to build the twig C extension for
+ ZendServer.
+
+ The built DLL will be available in
+ ``C:\\php-sdk\\phpdev\\vcXX\\x86\\php-source-directory\\Release``
+
+Finally, enable the extension in your ``php.ini`` configuration file:
+
+.. code-block:: ini
+
+ extension=twig.so #For Unix systems
+ extension=php_twig.dll #For Windows systems
+
+And from now on, Twig will automatically compile your templates to take
+advantage of the C extension. Note that this extension does not replace the
+PHP code but only provides an optimized version of the
+``Twig_Template::getAttribute()`` method.
+
+.. _`download page`: https://github.com/twigphp/Twig/tags
+.. _`Composer`: https://getcomposer.org/download/
+.. _`PHP documentation`: https://wiki.php.net/internals/windows/stepbystepbuild
+.. _`Zend Server FAQ`: http://www.zend.com/en/products/server/faq#faqD6