Since introduction of composer install in version 7.5.3, it has been an excellent way for dependencies management while minimizing file distribution size. Users can keep dependencies updated by running composer update without reaching out to us, a win-win.
This post will document composer-related common issues reported by our users and remedies to address those issues.
PHPExcel (deprecated) has now been replaced by PHPSpreadsheet. It requires two PHP extensions, depending versions of PHP, sometime they are not enabled by default. If they are missing, you are like to encounter the following error messages during composer install.
1 2 | - Root composer.json requires phpoffice/phpspreadsheet ^1.29 -> satisfiable by phpoffice/phpspreadsheet[1.29.0]. - phpoffice/phpspreadsheet 1.29.0 requires ext-gd * -> it is missing from your system. Install or enable PHP's gd extension. |
To enable extensions, verify that the following are enabled in your php.ini files:
– extension=gd
– extension=zip
You can also run `php –ini` in a terminal to see which files are used by PHP in CLI mode. Alternatively, but not recommended, you can run Composer with –ignore-platform-req=ext-gd to temporarily ignore these required extensions if you are sure they are already enabled.
Remember always to restart web server after making any changes in php.ini.