How to install Symfony2 Bundles with Composer - symfony

Question

I'm using Windows and I installed composer from its Windows installer. What I want to do is to install DoctrineMigrationsBundle to my project, so I added
"doctrine/doctrine-migrations-bundle": "dev-master"
to the composer.json file in the project and run
cd the project directory
php composer.phar update
but what I get is: Could not open input file: composer.phar
My whole composer.json file is
{
"name": "symfony/framework-standard-edition",
"description": "The \"Symfony Standard Edition\" distribution",
"autoload": {
"psr-0": { "": "src/" }
},
"require": {
"php": ">=5.3.3",
"symfony/symfony": "2.1.*",
"doctrine/orm": ">=2.2.3,<2.4-dev",
"doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "1.1.*",
"twig/extensions": "1.0.*#dev",
"symfony/assetic-bundle": "2.1.*",
"symfony/swiftmailer-bundle": "2.1.*",
"symfony/monolog-bundle": "2.1.*",
"sensio/distribution-bundle": "2.1.*",
"sensio/framework-extra-bundle": "2.1.*",
"sensio/generator-bundle": "2.1.*",
"jms/security-extra-bundle": "1.2.*",
"jms/di-extra-bundle": "1.1.*",
"kriswallsmith/assetic": "1.1.*#dev"
"doctrine/doctrine-migrations-bundle": "dev-master"
},
"scripts": {
"post-install-cmd": [
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile"
],
"post-update-cmd": [
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::buildBootstrap",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::clearCache",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installAssets",
"Sensio\\Bundle\\DistributionBundle\\Composer\\ScriptHandler::installRequirementsFile"
]
},
"extra": {
"symfony-app-dir": "app",
"symfony-web-dir": "web"
}
}
Can you please help me to fix this?

Answer 1

As said by #AhmedSiouani, the error tells you that they can't find a composer.phar file.
Some things you can do:
Download the Composer-SetUp.exe and install Composer as told on the downloads page (scroll to 'Windows Installer');
Download the composer.phar file and put that in your project (not recommend);
Download the composer.phar file and put that in a directory which is in your PATH environment variable1;
Download the composer.phar file and create a composer.bat file which executes the composer.phar file. Put the code below in it and save it in a directory which is in your PATH environment variable1.
#echo off
php "path\to\composer.phar" %*
1: You can see which directories are in the PATH environment variable by
running echo %PATH% in your cmd.
You can also put the directory where this file lives in the PATH environment. To do that, go to Computer (right click) > Settings > Advanced Settings > Environments Variables (under the 'advanced' tab) and set the PATH variable with your directory path (or add the path to the current PATH variable, by putting a ; between the paths).

Answer 2

The error message is clear enough, it's not related to your composer.json file.
I think you just need to move your composer.phar file to your project directory.
Also, a much reusable solution would be to call it through your PATH environment variable.

Answer 3

Got the same issue with me "Could not open input file: composer.phar"
Fix : Go to the project directory and run following command
php -r "readfile('https://getcomposer.org/installer');" | php
and run
php composer.phar install or php composer.phar update
This will work awesome.

Answer 4

I working on fedora 17 I ran it on console to download composer.phar :
$ curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
then it's work now.

Answer 5

Make sure your code:
"kriswallsmith/assetic": "1.1.*#dev"
"doctrine/doctrine-migrations-bundle": "dev-master"
is changed to:
"kriswallsmith/assetic": "1.1.*#dev",
"doctrine/doctrine-migrations-bundle": "dev-master"
notice adding a , (comma).