How to run Composer with Plesk PHP

Question

How to run Composer with Plesk PHP?

Answer

 

Run Composer from Plesk interface

In Plesk Obsidian, Composer is available as a Plesk extension. To learn more about PHP Composer Plesk extension, visit:

• PHP Composer extension – Plesk

 

Run Composer from a command-line interface

To use composer with Plesk PHP (e.g. to install additional libraries), connect to a Plesk server via SSH (Linux) / RDP (Windows Server) and use the following commands, where X.X is a PHP version:

Warning: Be careful when installing untrusted packages as root/super user. See https://getcomposer.org/root for details.

• on CentOS/RHEL-based distributions:

  # /opt/plesk/php/X.X/bin/php /usr/lib64/plesk-9.0/composer.phar [options] [arguments]

• on Debian/Ubuntu-based distributions:

  # /opt/plesk/php/X.X/bin/php /usr/lib/plesk-9.0/composer.phar [options] [arguments]

• on Windows Server:

  C:> “%plesk_dir%AdditionalPleskPHPXXphp.exe” “%plesk_dir%AdditionalComposercomposer.phar” [options] [arguments]

 

Additional Information

To add Composer to chrooted environment, visit this KB article.

• Managing PHP Project Dependencies with Composer | Plesk Obsidian documentation
• Official Composer Documentation