php_composer

Install Composer, the dependency manager for PHP.

Requirements

This role is tailored towards Debian Bullseye / Bookworm.

The packages python-apt (or python3-apt) must be installed.

In addition, it is assumed that the PHP CLI is already installed.

Role Variables

Specify the path where Composer will be installed:

php_composer_install_path: /usr/local/bin/composer.phar

Specify a fixed version of composer that you want to install (defaults to ~, which means the latest stable)

php_composer_version: 1.10.17

Composer relies on the INI directive allow_url_fopen turned on, and uses the proc_open() function. This goes against configuration best practices, so chances are Composer won't work in all circumstances.

Another common issue is a memory limit, which is hit when computing a dependency graph.

In order to have Composer function in all (or at least most) cases, a wrapper-script is installed. The following variables control how this wrapper functions:

php_composer_wrapper_enabled: yes
php_composer_wrapper_path: /usr/local/bin/composer
php_composer_wrapper_ini_directives:
  allow_url_fopen: yes
  disable_functions: ""
  memory_limit: -1

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - { role: f500.php_composer, php_composer_install_path: /usr/local/bin/composer, php_composer_wrapper_enabled: no }

License

LGPL-3.0

Author Information

Jasper N. Brouwer, jasper@future500.nl

Ramon de la Fuente, ramon@future500.nl