Using Composer Packages in XenForo 2.0 Addons Tutorial 1.0.0

[Sim]

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Using Composer Pacakages in XenForo 2 Addons Tutorial - How to use Composer packages in XenForo 2 addons

Composer is a tool for dependency management in PHP. It allows you to declare the libraries your project depends on and it will manage (install/update) them for you.

XenForo 2 uses Composer behind the scenes to include certain packages it uses - however, there is no way to automatically include your own packages for addons using this core Composer support. There is no composer.json file for XenForo 2 we can edit to add our own packages...

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[Xon]

@Sim HYS - What’s new for developers in XF 2.1? looks to show you'll be able to skip the autoloader steps

 

[Sim]

@Sim HYS - What’s new for developers in XF 2.1? looks to show you'll be able to skip the autoloader steps

Yup - was pretty happy when Chris told me they were going to implement this in the core.

Still some gotchas to be worked through - but hopefully we can improve outcomes there too.

 

[Jaxel]

I got the following error when building my addon:

• ErrorException: [E_WARNING] unlink(): No such file or directory
• src/XF/Util/File.php:614
• Generated by: Unknown account
• Jan 24, 2019 at 1:54 PM

Stack trace
#0 [internal function]: XF::handlePhpError(2, '[E_WARNING] unl...', '/home/eightway/...', 614, Array)
#1 src/XF/Util/File.php(614): unlink('')
#2 src/XF/Service/AddOn/ReleaseBuilder.php(439): XF\Util\File::deleteDirectory('/home/eightway/...')
#3 src/XF/Cli/Command/AddOn/BuildRelease.php(86): XF\Service\AddOn\ReleaseBuilder->finalizeRelease()
#4 src/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php(255): XF\Cli\Command\AddOn\BuildRelease->execute(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#5 src/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(953): Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#6 src/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(248): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand(Object(XF\Cli\Command\AddOn\BuildRelease), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#7 src/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php(148): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#8 src/XF/Cli/Runner.php(63): Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#9 cmd.php(15): XF\Cli\Runner->run()
#10 {main}

 

[Sim]

I got the following error when building my addon:

Can you post your build.json file?

It's trying to delete the temporary build path, which for some reason doesn't exist?

 

[Jaxel]

{
    "exec": [
        "composer install --working-dir=_build/upload/src/addons/EWR/Backup/ --no-dev --optimize-autoloader"
    ]
}

 

[Sim]

Are you running XF 2.0 or 2.1?

I haven't had a chance to try this on XF 2.1 yet to see whether things have changed.

 

[Sim]

Note that I have released an updated version of this tutorial which covers the new (easier!) approach offered by XenForo v2.1: Using Composer Packages in XenForo 2.1+ Addons Tutorial