or you can download a zip of this repo. Then you would have a basic `index.php` file like the following:
or you can download a zip of this repo. Then you would have a basic `index.php` file like the following:
```php
```php
// if installed with composer
require 'flight/autoload.php';
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
// or if installed manually by zip file
// require 'flight/Flight.php';
Flight::route('/', function () {
Flight::route('/', function () {
echo 'hello world!';
echo 'hello world!';
@ -75,9 +72,10 @@ If you have a current project on v2, you should be able to upgrade to v3 with no
> [!IMPORTANT]
> [!IMPORTANT]
> Flight requires `PHP 7.4` or greater.
> Flight requires `PHP 7.4` or greater.
**Note:** PHP 7.4 is supported because at the current time of writing (2024) PHP 7.4 is the default version for some LTS Linux distributions. Forcing a move to PHP >8 would cause a lot of heartburn for those users.
> [!NOTE]
> PHP 7.4 is supported because at the current time of writing (2024) PHP 7.4 is the default version for some LTS Linux distributions.
The framework also supports PHP >8.
> Forcing a move to PHP 8 would cause a lot of heartburn for those users.