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Guide for Windows installing dependencies for a downloaded application
1-download composer.phar by https://getcomposer.org/download/
2-put it near php.exe
3-extract the downloaded application to htdocs, this means that the composer.json is at \htdocs\composer.json and a \htdocs\lib created.
4-if you dont have git, download it from https://git-scm.com/download/win
5-keep in mind that php + git filepaths must be declared to cpanel > system > advanced sys settings > environment variables > to PATH (you must restart cmd window if is open)
6-goto htdocs and execute

php composer.phar install

7-This will create the famous vendor directory, where stores all the dependencies for the downloaded application.
8-create a php file at \htdocs\index.php example :

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

//use selective\ORM\Database;
//$db = new Database('')
//or
$db = new \selective\ORM\Database(
    'test',
    'MySQL', // driver class
    ['host' => 'localhost', 'username' => 'root', 'password' => 'password'] // MySQL driver parameters
);

 
 
 

Possible errors

PHP 7 download - The program can't start because VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145
http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-7.1.1-Win32-VC14-x86.zip

The openssl extension is required for SSL/TLS protection but is not available

open \php\php.ini make sure extension=php_openssl.dll is without semicolon

Unable to load dynamic library 'C:\php\ext\php_openss l.dll' - The specified module could not be found.

open \php\php.ini make sure extension_dir = "ext" is without semicolon

Failed to clone https://github.com/phpredis/phpredis.git, git was not found, check that it is installed and in your PATH env.

if git is installed delete the vendor folder from \php\ and retry
1-if not download from https://git-scm.com/download/win
2-add C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin or C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd to your path (close dosbox and retry)

'composer' is not recognized as an internal or external command

create a batch file (near php.exe) composer.bat paste and save (restart of dosbox required) :

//https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#manual-installation
@php "%~dp0composer.phar" %*

test with

composer --v

 
 

Install PHP7 and Composer on Windows 10
http://kizu514.com/blog/install-php7-and-composer-on-windows-10/
 
 

Composer Vendor Directory Explained
https://tommcfarlin.com/the-vendor-directory/
https://igor.io/2013/09/04/composer-vendor-directory.html
 
 

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