- 1 year ago
How to set up composer.json to navigate to another directory and run a script there while running "composer install"
To set up your composer.json
file to navigate to another directory and run a script there during the composer install
command, you can use the Composer scripts
section. Here's an example of how you can achieve this:
Open your
composer.json
file.Add a
scripts
section at the top level of the JSON object, if it doesn't already exist. It should look something like this:
json{
"name": "your-package-name",
"description": "Your package description",
"scripts": {
"post-install-cmd": "cd path/to/your/directory && php your-script.php"
}
}
Modify the
post-install-cmd
script to include the necessary commands to navigate to the desired directory and run your script. In this example, it uses thecd
command to navigate to thepath/to/your/directory
and then runs thephp your-script.php
command.Save the
composer.json
file.
When you run composer install
, Composer will execute the script defined in the post-install-cmd
section, which will navigate to the specified directory and run the script using the specified command.
Note that you should replace path/to/your/directory
with the actual path to the directory you want to navigate to, and your-script.php
with the name of the script you want to execute.
Make sure you have the necessary permissions to navigate to the specified directory and run the script.
Also, keep in mind that the post-install-cmd
script will only run after the composer install
command, not during other Composer commands like composer update
or composer require
.
Remember to run composer install
to apply the changes and execute the script.
For more information about using Composer scripts, refer to the Composer documentation: https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/scripts.md