How can I install PHP extensions to satisfy composer?

Question

I am creating a app and am trying to install a library into my project though composer.

Composer has given me the error:

Problem 1 - The requested PHP extension ext-gmp * is missing from your system. Install or enable PHP's gmp extension.

Ok, it seems like I need to gmp extension.

I am using a Mac, and using a local test server with XAMPP.

Now this is where it starts getting confusing. I went to my XAMPP php.ini and remove the ";" from gmp extension like this: xampp attempt

I retried composer installation with no luck. My next thought was that the extension needs to be installed on the global PHP Mac installation... I removed the ";" for gmp on that php.ini, but no luck. How can I solve this?

Did you reboot XAMPP? Does the extension show up in the output of `phpinfo()`? — ceejayoz, Feb 07 '18 at 00:56
Have you installed the extension yet? Just uncommenting the line in php.ini does not enable an extension if it is not installed... — Nico Haase, Feb 07 '18 at 09:23
What do you mean by "no luck"? And does `brew install homebrew/php/php70-gmp` work? — Nico Haase, Feb 07 '18 at 13:24
Check it. It maybe help you. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40010197/how-to-install-gmp-on-php7-and-ubuntu/40010211 — Wyatt, Jul 22 '19 at 08:43

Shalto · Answer 1 · 2018-09-17T03:52:09.137

-if you need it for php 5 use

   brew install homebrew/php/php55-gmp

-if you need it for php 7 use

   brew install homebrew/php/php70-gmp

-and if you don't have homebrew, you can install it using this command

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

OR you can jsut run

   brew install php@7.1

since it have all the packages you need for php 7.1

How can I install PHP extensions to satisfy composer?

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