Composer installation and setup in PHP - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to check if Composer is installed by displaying its version.

PHP

composer [1]

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Aupdate

B--version

Crequire

Dinstall

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'install' instead of '--version' will try to install packages.

Using 'update' changes packages, not shows version.

The composer --version command displays the installed Composer version.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to install Composer globally on your system.

PHP

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', '[1]');"

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Asetup.php

Bcomposer.phar

Ccomposer-setup.php

Dinstall.php

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'composer.phar' downloads the binary, not the installer script.

Using 'install.php' or 'setup.php' are incorrect file names.

The installer script is saved as composer-setup.php before running it.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to move Composer to a global location.

PHP

mv [1] /usr/local/bin/composer

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Acomposer.phar

Bcomposer

Ccomposer-setup.php

Dcomposer.phar.php

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Trying to move the installer script instead of the binary.

Using a wrong file name like 'composer.phar.php'.

After running the installer, the Composer binary is named composer.phar and should be moved.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a new PHP project with Composer and install a package.

PHP

composer [1] && composer [2] monolog/monolog

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Ainit

Binstall

Crequire

Dupdate

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'install' instead of 'init' to start a project.

Using 'update' instead of 'require' to add packages.

composer init creates a new project, and composer require adds a package.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to update Composer and check its version.

PHP

composer [1] && php [2] --version

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Aself-update

Bcomposer.phar

C-d

Dupdate

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'update' instead of 'self-update' to update Composer.

Not specifying the Composer binary file when running with PHP.

composer self-update updates Composer, then php composer.phar --version checks version.