PHP Fatal error when trying to install Laravel 5 with Composer - php

Question

I'm trying to run composer to install Laravel 5.0.14, and am also trying to test this code out in Jenkins using the Jenkins php-template.
Whenever I run composer update, I get the following error:
Error Output: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined method
Illuminate\Foundation\Application::redirectIfTrailingSlash()
in /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/Demo/workspace/bootstrap/start.php on line 16
If I remove the offending line in start.php, I obtain the following error when attempting to run composer update:
Error Output: PHP Catchable fatal error:
Argument 1 passed to Illuminate\Foundation\Application::detectEnvironment()
must be an instance of Closure, array diven, called in
/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/Demo/workspace/bootstrap/start.php on line 32
and defined in
/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/Demo/workspace/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate
/Foundation/Application.php
on line 402
This is my composer.json file:
{
"name": "laravel/laravel",
"description": "The Laravel Framework.",
"keywords": ["framework", "laravel"],
"license": "MIT",
"require": {
"laravel/framework": "5.0.14",
"phpunit/phpunit": "4.7.*#dev",
"theseer/fxsl": "1.0.*#dev",
"theseer/phpdox": "0.6.6",
"squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "1.4.6",
"phpmd/phpmd": "2.0.0",
"h4cc/phpqatools": "dev-master",
"phploc/phploc": "2.0.2",
"sebastian/phpcpd": "2.0.1",
"monolog/monolog": "1.13.0",
"patchwork/utf8": "1.2.1",
"phpdocumentor/phpdocumentor": "v2.0.1",
"mayflower/php-codebrowser": "1.1.0-beta1",
"pear/console_commandline": "dev-trunk",
"pear/log": "dev-master",
"pear/pear_exception": "1.0.0",
"phing/phing": "2.6.1"
},
"autoload": {
"classmap": [
"app/commands",
"app/controllers",
"app/models",
"app/database/migrations",
"app/database/seeds",
"app/tests/TestCase.php"
]
},
"scripts": {
"post-install-cmd": [
"php artisan optimize"
],
"pre-update-cmd": [
"php artisan clear-compiled"
],
"post-update-cmd": [
"php artisan optimize"
],
"post-create-project-cmd": [
"php artisan key:generate"
]
},
"config": {
"preferred-install": "dist"
},
"minimum-stability": "dev"
}
I can run composer update --no-scripts.
I've searched for any composer.php files with sudo find . -print | grep -i 'compiled.php'. The only one I have is ./vendor/symfony/dependency-injection/Tests/Fixtures/php/services9_compiled.phpwhich does not correspond with the compiled.php file several other people have suggested deleting for other people who have had this problem.

Answer 1

I think you are using a Laravel 4 composer.json. One of the big changes from Laravel 4 to Laravel 5 is the usage of namespaces.
Also a lot of paths have been modified, so just installing Laravel 5 over an existing Laravel 4 is not possible.
Better to install a fresh Laravel 5 and follow this guide:
http://laravel.com/docs/master/upgrade#upgrade-5.0
For reference here is my composer.json (notice the psr-4 in the autoload section)
{
"name": "laravel/laravel",
"description": "The Laravel Framework.",
"keywords": ["framework", "laravel"],
"license": "MIT",
"type": "project",
"require": {
"laravel/framework": "5.0.*",
},
"require-dev": {
"phpunit/phpunit": "~4.0",
"phpspec/phpspec": "~2.1"
},
"autoload": {
"classmap": [
"database"
],
"psr-4": {
"App\\": "app/"
}
},
"autoload-dev": {
"classmap": [
"tests/TestCase.php"
]
},
"scripts": {
"post-install-cmd": [
"php artisan clear-compiled",
"php artisan optimize"
],
"post-update-cmd": [
"php artisan clear-compiled",
"php artisan optimize"
],
"post-create-project-cmd": [
"php -r \"copy('.env.example', '.env');\"",
"php artisan key:generate"
]
},
"config": {
"preferred-install": "dist"
}
}

Answer 2

The composer file could be very well be 30 days older and not updated.
You would have to run this command from the path of the code folder using either a vitrtual box or cmd/gitbash/terminal:
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
once downloaded, move the composer.phar file to the composer folder , normally its located at:
sudo mv composer.phar usr/bin/local/composer
then run the composer update to regenerate the autoloaded files.