Problems installing extensions?

Tsy

Greetings,

When I first got Flarum I had an OP server which made using commands via terminal a breeze. Using simply the commands, composer require <plugin_name>. It'd be done in a matter of seconds, however, unfortunately when I moved over to a different host. I was bombarded with failure to allocate memory or got stuck on the installation which never completed.

Managed to find a fix based on a guide posted by, Inmotion Hosting. My brother showed me how to fix this for I'm not the smartest cookie but I'm not that dumb either. We fixed the problem by modifying the php.ini file.

Install process:

`Flarum Extension Installation guide:
cd flarum
php -c /home/vanilla/flarum/public/php.ini /opt/cpanel/composer/bin/composer require <plugin name>

(example php -c /home/vanilla/flarum/public/php.ini /opt/cpanel/composer/bin/composer require matteocontrini/flarum-imgur-upload )
Ran via Terminal or SSH`

The source: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/use-website-php-ini-with-composer/

clarkwinkelmann

Tsy are you looking for help or just sharing your solution? I can move this to the Resources tag if it's intended as an information.

If the php.ini is only used for Composer, I would recommend placing it at the root of the Flarum folder and not in public, that way it cannot become accidentally visible via the internet.

Tsy

It's intended as information as I've seen others run into it. I figured people would look into support first so I put it there. Feel free to place it as needed.