Composer Update Application Template

Yii 2.0 General Discussions
1

Guys,

I have created my own application template based on basic application template.

I have put it to a repository and packages created.

I’m able to create new project with


php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist --stability=dev vendor/template newProject

but how can I keep it update using composer?

2

These are templates you’re starting with, not something you have to update.

3

So is there any solution for deployment and version management of applications?

4

Well, you can make it a true package and publish it into your own self-hosted repository but I can’t imagine a reson for doing it.

5

I have to install this on several servers,several times.

It’s under development so we must be able to update installed apps.

I setup my application to install with composer,it does solve my problem for version management but the problem is composer install it under vendor directory

6

vendorPath in config solved my problem.

@samdark Thanks man,Yii2 is really flexible.

7

Glad it helped. I’m still a bit puzzled about you case though :)

8

I built a CMS, based on basic application template.

Now I’m able to install and update it with composer in production env.

with these changes:

@web/index.php




if(CMS_ENV === 'dev'){

    require(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php');

    require(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/yiisoft/yii2/Yii.php');

}else{

    require(__DIR__ . '/../../../autoload.php');

    require(__DIR__ . '/../../../yiisoft/yii2/Yii.php');

}

@app/config/web.php





'vendorPath' => (CMS_ENV === 'dev') ? dirname(__DIR__).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.'vendor' : dirname(dirname(dirname(__DIR__))),

'extensions' => (CMS_ENV === 'dev') ? require(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/yiisoft/extensions.php') : require(__DIR__ . '/../../../yiisoft/extensions.php'),