PHP executable cannot fine composer.phar

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Yesterday I created a laravel project using the command php composer.phar create-project laravel/laravel TestProject which worked fine and the project was created.

Today I am trying to do the exact same but with a different project name and now I am getting an error in my console saying : Could not open input file: composer.phar

I have had a poke around on stackoverflow and seen a few answers with people saying to drop the php and .phar and just call the composer, but I still get the same error message just without the extension.

Unsure why it worked yesterday and not today, anyone know why? For reference I am on mac.

What is the location of your `composer.phar` in reference to the `path` from which you are running your command? — Umair Khan, Jul 28 '20 at 11:19
What operating system are you using? And do you have composer globally installed or do you use a local executable? — Jerodev, Jul 28 '20 at 11:19
you should follow this. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20769980/could-not-open-input-file-composer-phar — Arjun Sreepad, Jul 28 '20 at 11:20
@UmairKhan my composer has the same path as the command. Both are in the htdocs of MAMP — MaxCulley, Jul 28 '20 at 11:24
@Jerodev I am runnin MacOS, how do I check the composer is global or local? — MaxCulley, Jul 28 '20 at 11:26
Have you tried [this](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21670709/running-composer-returns-could-not-open-input-file-composer-phar) — Umair Khan, Jul 28 '20 at 11:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '20 at 11:29

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Fixed, Navigate to the directory you are creating the project in, in this case mine is htdocs then enter this command:

php -r "readfile('https://getcomposer.org/installer');" | php

This will install it in that location.

answered Jul 28 '20 at 11:29

MaxCulley

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Follow instructions fully for moving it into globally available location for executables. That way you will solve your problem for good. Otherwise you will download composer again and again. Read `Download` and `Getting Started` pages on getcomposer.org site. `Documentation` page won't hurt neither. – Tpojka Jul 28 '20 at 12:25

PHP executable cannot fine composer.phar

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