Could not parse version constraint discuss: Invalid version string "forum"

Wellwisher

Hi @clarkwinkelmann , I ran into another speed bump using Composer 🫢

I successfully installed Flarum into a sub-directory called Forum thanks to @SychO
i.e: www.MyWebsite.com/Forum with the following composer code:

php composer create-project flarum/flarum forum

However, when I applied a similar code to install this extension:

php composer require migratetoflarum/old-passwords forum

I get the following error:

In VersionParser.php line 521:
                                                                                
  Could not parse version constraint discuss: Invalid version string "forum"  
                                                                                
require [--dev] [--dry-run] [--prefer-source] [--prefer-dist] [--prefer-install PREFER-INSTALL] [--fixed] [--no-suggest] [--no-progress] [--no-update] [--no-install] [--update-no-dev] [-w|--update-with-dependencies] [-W|--update-with-all-dependencies] [--with-dependencies] [--with-all-dependencies] [--ignore-platform-req IGNORE-PLATFORM-REQ] [--ignore-platform-reqs] [--prefer-stable] [--prefer-lowest] [--sort-packages] [-o|--optimize-autoloader] [-a|--classmap-authoritative] [--apcu-autoloader] [--apcu-autoloader-prefix APCU-AUTOLOADER-PREFIX] [--] [<packages>...]

Any help with this will be greatly appreciated 😊

GreXXL

Wellwisher you are using the wrong command to install an extension. The "forum" has no place in this. See the fist post of this extension for the exact command to install.

clarkwinkelmann

Since this is not an issue with the specific extension, I have split the discussion.

Wellwisher if you need to modify a Composer command, check Composer's online documentation or composer help.

Only composer create-project accepts a folder as second parameter. composer require takes a list of package names or a package-version combination.

All commands accept a --working-dir= flag, but you generally don't need it, just cd into the folder that contains composer.json before running the provided command.

Wellwisher

Solved it. 🙂 I simply moved the file named composer.phar into the directory where my forum is installed (aka the sub-directory called "Forum") and then I ran the extensions installation command. Jobs a gudden.

As Tony Stark once said, sometimes you gotta run before you can walk. xD

Thank you lads.