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Andre
Andre

Reputation: 4645

How to install PHP composer inside a docker container

I try to work out a way to create a dev environment using docker and laravel.

I have the following dockerfile:

FROM php:7.1.3-fpm

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libmcrypt-dev \
    mysql-client libmagickwand-dev --no-install-recommends \
    && pecl install imagick \
    && docker-php-ext-enable imagick \
&& docker-php-ext-install mcrypt pdo_mysql
&& chmod -R o+rw laravel-master/bootstrap laravel-master/storage

Laravel requires composer to call composer dump-autoload when working with database migration. Therefore, I need composer inside the docker container.

I tried:

RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- \
--install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer

But when I call 

docker-compose up
docker-compose exec app composer dump-autoload

It throws the following error:

rpc error: code = 13 desc = invalid header field value "oci runtime error: exec failed: container_linux.go:247: starting container process caused \"exec: \\\"composer\\\": executable file not found in $PATH\"\n"

I would be more than happy for advice how I can add composer to the PATH within my dockerfile or what else I can do to surpass this error.

Thanks for your support. Also: this is the gitub repository if you need to see the docker-compose.yml file or anything else.

Upvotes: 139

Views: 294232

Answers (11)

Nico
Nico

Reputation: 459

You can also use docker-php-extension-installer: Installing composer:

You can also install composer, and you also can specify a major version of it, or a full version.

Examples:

# Install the latest version install-php-extensions @composer
# Install the latest 1.x version install-php-extensions @composer-1
# Install a specific version install-php-extensions @composer-2.0.2

With php:8.1-fpm image:

FROM 8.1.4-fpm

RUN curl -sSLf \
    -o /usr/local/bin/install-php-extensions \
    https://github.com/mlocati/docker-php-extension-installer/releases/latest/download/install-php-extensions && \
    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/install-php-extensions
RUN install-php-extensions @composer

Originally, this is a recommended way to install PHP extensions from the official PHP images (How to use this image > How to install more PHP extensions > PHP Core Extensions):

If you are having difficulty figuring out which Debian or Alpine packages need to be installed before docker-php-ext-install, then have a look at the install-php-extensions project⁠.

Upvotes: 0

ybenhssaien
ybenhssaien

Reputation: 4115

You can perform an in-line Multi-stage build using composer image so you will basically just copy composer binary into the PHP docker image.

In Dockerfile :

COPY --from=composer:latest /usr/bin/composer /usr/local/bin/composer

Upvotes: 367

Kostya Kalitvyansky
Kostya Kalitvyansky

Reputation: 41

Use actual docs:

Dockerfile:

# Install composer
RUN php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');" \
    && php composer-setup.php \
    && php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');" \
    && mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Upvotes: 4

Brayan Caldera
Brayan Caldera

Reputation: 2199

I can install composer adding this line on my test dockerfile:

# Install Composer
RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Here is the dockerfile:

FROM php:7.1.3-fpm

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libmcrypt-dev \
    mysql-client libmagickwand-dev --no-install-recommends \
    && pecl install imagick \
    && docker-php-ext-enable imagick \
&& docker-php-ext-install mcrypt pdo_mysql

# Install Composer
RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

It works for me, to test if the composer are installed i access to my container bash and execute:

composer --version
Composer version 1.6.5 2018-05-04 11:44:59

Upvotes: 174

Mhammed Talhaouy
Mhammed Talhaouy

Reputation: 1269

use composer in dockerfile using curl

RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Dockerfile

FROM 8.1.4-fpm

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    git \
    curl \
    zip \
    unzip

RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

WORKDIR /var/www

Upvotes: 5

soroush
soroush

Reputation: 177

My problem solved. I just stopped firewalld service on system

Upvotes: -6

hannes_rd
hannes_rd

Reputation: 160

This is how i do it with Laravel 8.4 in 2021 to deploy it to CloudRun in Google Cloud:

Dockerfile

#Get Composer
FROM composer:2.0 as vendor

WORKDIR /app

COPY database/ database/
COPY composer.json composer.json
COPY composer.lock composer.lock

RUN composer install \
    --no-interaction \
    --no-plugins \
    --no-scripts \
    --no-dev \
    --prefer-dist

COPY . .
RUN composer dump-autoload

// some more custom steps like

FROM node:14.9 as frontend
...
FROM php:7.4-fpm
...

// Copy Composer dependencies

# Copy Composer dependencies
COPY --from=vendor app/vendor/ ./vendor/
COPY . .

// Some more custom steps

...

End of my Dockerfile to launch app with cleared optimized cache

# Run Laravel commands
RUN php artisan optimize:clear

CMD php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8080

EXPOSE 8080

Upvotes: 8

Leonel Kahameni
Leonel Kahameni

Reputation: 943

FROM php:7.3-fpm-alpine
RUN docker-php-ext-install pdo pdo_mysql
RUN docker-php-ext-install mysqli && docker-php-ext-enable mysqli

RUN php -r "readfile('http://getcomposer.org/installer');" | php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin/ --filename=composer
RUN apk update
RUN apk upgrade
RUN apk add bash
RUN alias composer='php /usr/bin/composer'

Upvotes: 0

Pankaj Salunkhe
Pankaj Salunkhe

Reputation: 305

I'd just like to suggest another way.

Dockerfile:

RUN php -r "readfile('http://getcomposer.org/installer');" | php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin/ --filename=composer

Upvotes: 0

FULL STACK DEV
FULL STACK DEV

Reputation: 15971

Create an executable of your composer file using

RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- \
--install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer && chmod +x /usr/bin/composer

Upvotes: 6

mutas
mutas

Reputation: 359

We have basicly the same command running with the difference, 

--install-dir=/usr/local/bin

Alternatively, you should add the composer bin files path to the $PATH variable.

export PATH=$PATH":/usr/bin"

Upvotes: 1

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