authorization of app using pinterest api php and create board - php

Question

i am using dirkgroenen library php for authorization of my app and create board
which i downloaded from here
https://github.com/dirkgroenen/Pinterest-API-PHP
evry time i run this code it gives me uncaught error about the line:8
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'Dotenv\Dotenv' not found in C:\xampp\htdocs\pin\vendor\demo\boot.php:8
here is the code for boot.php
<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
require ("../autoload.php");
$dotenv = new Dotenv\Dotenv(__DIR__);
$dotenv->load();
$pinterest = new
DirkGroenen\Pinterest\Pinterest(getenv("4915445646307112766"),
getenv("1ae8683b277958bd9739cedb0f0b1434eee42176dd3d44cbf44981f9acaadd94"));
if (isset($_GET["code"]))
{
$token = $pinterest->auth->getOAuthToken($_GET["code"]);
$pinterest->auth->setOAuthToken($token->access_token);
setcookie("access_token", $token->access_token);
}
else if (isset($_GET["access_token"]))
{
$pinterest->auth->setOAuthToken($_GET["access_token"]);
}
else if (isset($_COOKIE["access_token"]))
{
$pinterest->auth->setOAuthToken($_COOKIE["access_token"]);
}
else
{
assert(false);
}
?>
can anyone please help me to fix it.. i have spent more than 48 hours to resolve this issue..
any help will be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

Obviously, you don't have Dotenv class anywhere where PHP expects it to be found.
Options:
You don't have it at all, then download it from here: vlucas/phpdotenv. Composer should have downloaded it, BUT only if you used composer to install DirkGroenen.
You have it but it is outside autoload path - check autoload path, make sure that Dotenv is located in appropriate vendor-folder.
You have it but it doesn't support autoload (sic!) - check with latest version OR include it directly with include/require
It requires phpunit/phpunit to be installed aswell.