ComposerJS: Docker wrapper for Composer PHP Dependency Manager

ComposerJS is a wrapper script to provide some convenience for running Composer, the PHP Dependency Manager, inside a docker container.

Interested in the why? Please read more on the purpose

Pre-requisites

You need to have the following software installed locally on your machine.

• NodeJS 12+
• npm 6.14+ (may run with older versions, but not tested)
• Docker 20.10+ (may run with older versions, but not tested)

Installation

You can install the package globally wih

npm install -g @webcoast/composerjs

or locally in your project

npm install --save @webcoast/composerjs

Usage

# Build the docker image
composerjs setup

# Run a shell inside the container
composerjs sh

# Install dependencies from `composer.lock`
composerjs install

# Mount the `app` directory into the container instead of the current directory.
composerjs --mount app update

Configuration

You can configure the path to the docker file, the used shell and the mount point inside the container. Please refer to the configuration guide.

F.A.Q.

For in-depth questions and special use cases, please read the F.A.Q..