Using Composer with Wampoon

Wampoon includes a fully portable version of Composer that works without global installation. Since Wampoon is portable, it provides batch scripts that configure the PHP path before running Composer.

Don’t Use Global PHP/Composer

Always use Wampoon’s composer.bat and php.bat scripts instead of any globally installed PHP or Composer. This ensures the correct PHP version and extensions are used.

Example Paths

The examples on this page use C:\Wampoon as the installation directory. Replace this with the actual path where you extracted Wampoon.

Available Scripts

Wampoon provides batch scripts that configure the PHP path before running Composer:

Script	Location	Description
composer.bat	htdocs/	Convenient script for managing projects in htdocs
composer.bat	Root folder	Runs Composer with the correct PHP path
php.bat	Root folder	Runs PHP with the correct environment

Using Composer

To use Composer, open a command prompt and navigate to the htdocs folder, then run commands using composer.bat:

cd C:\Wampoon\htdocs
composer.bat install

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Or use the full path from any location:

C:\Wampoon\htdocs\composer.bat --working-dir=C:\Wampoon\htdocs\my-project install

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Common Commands

If you have multiple projects in htdocs, navigate to your project directory first:

cd C:\Wampoon\htdocs\my-project

:: Install dependencies from composer.json
composer.bat install

:: Add a package
composer.bat require vendor/package

:: Update all packages
composer.bat update

batch

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Creating a New Project

Use the composer create-project command to scaffold new applications directly in your htdocs folder.

From the htdocs Folder

Open a command prompt in htdocs and run:

cd C:\Wampoon\htdocs
composer.bat create-project laravel/laravel my-laravel-app

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Popular Frameworks

:: Laravel
composer.bat create-project laravel/laravel my-app

:: Symfony
composer.bat create-project symfony/skeleton my-app

:: Slim Framework
composer.bat create-project slim/slim-skeleton my-app

:: CakePHP
composer.bat create-project cakephp/app my-app

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After creating a project, access it at http://localhost/my-app (or the appropriate entry point for your framework).

Using PHP Directly

If you need to run PHP scripts directly, use php.bat from the root folder:

C:\Wampoon\php.bat -v
C:\Wampoon\php.bat script.php

batch

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Adding to PATH (Optional)

If you frequently use Composer from the command line, you can add the Wampoon folder to your PATH environment variable for the current session:

set PATH=C:\Wampoon;%PATH%

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Then you can run commands directly:

composer.bat install
php.bat -v

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