Cannot install, composer throws error

[MightyPork]

I tried to install this to Laravel, following the steps in the readme, but Composer gives me this error:

Reading ./composer.lock
Generating autoload files
Executing command (CWD): php artisan clear-compiled
{"error":{"type":"ErrorException","message":"array_merge(): Argument #1 is not an array","file":"\/srv\/webroot\/vendor\/efficiently\/larasset\/src\/config\/config.php","line":38}}
Executing command (CWD): php artisan optimize
{"error":{"type":"ErrorException","message":"array_merge(): Argument #1 is not an array","file":"\/srv\/webroot\/vendor\/efficiently\/larasset\/src\/config\/config.php","line":38}}

I'm not sure what to make of it. It looked like this might finally be an asset pipeline that will work, but I was mistaken, it seems.

[tortuetorche]

@MightyPork Hi, can you give me your environment configuration (PHP version, OS) ? Your PHP version must be upper than 5.3.

Can you execute this long PHP command inside php artisan tinker and send me the result, please ?

var_dump(array_merge(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*/'), [base_path().'/app/assets/images',base_path().'/app/assets/javascripts',base_path().'/app/assets/stylesheets',base_path().'/lib/assets/images',base_path().'/lib/assets/javascripts',base_path().'/lib/assets/stylesheets',base_path().'/vendor/assets/images',base_path().'/vendor/assets/javascripts',base_path().'/vendor/assets/stylesheets',]));

And do you have tweak the config.php file of this package ?

FYI, I've successfully install this package on Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 with PHP 5.5.x

[MightyPork]

@tortuetorche Why, yes, here you go:

[8] *> var_dump(array_merge(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*/'), [base_path().'/app/assets/images',base_path().'/app/assets/javascripts',base_path().'/app/assets/stylesheets',base_path().'/lib/assets/images',base_path().'/lib/assets/javascripts',base_path().'/lib/assets/stylesheets',base_path().'/vendor/assets/images',base_path().'/vendor/assets/javascripts',base_path().'/vendor/assets/stylesheets',]));

PHP Warning:  array_merge(): Argument #1 is not an array in /srv/webroot/vendor/d11wtq/boris/lib/Boris/EvalWorker.php(133) : eval()'d code on line 18
NULL
// NULL

[9] > var_dump(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*/'));

bool(false)
// NULL

[10] > phpversion();

// '5.5.14'

I have ArchBang, 64bit, version Qt2 2014. PHP version as you can see above.

Hope this helps you fix it.

[tortuetorche]

Thank you, so the error is here:

File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*/');

Can you try to run these two PHP commands, and send me the result please?

var_dump(File::glob(base_path()));
var_dump(glob(base_path()));

Maybe it's a PHP config issue or a permission issue on your file-system...

[tortuetorche]

Can you try this: For just getting start with Laravel, I just do these following steps:

sudo chmod -R 770 /your/path/to/laravel/folder/

Then add www-data group to your Laravel application

sudo chgrp -R www-data /your/path/to/laravel/folder/

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/12032657

[MightyPork]

Here:

> echo base_path();

/srv/webroot[10]

> var_dump(File::glob(base_path()));

array(1) {
  [0]=>
  string(12) "/srv/webroot"
}
// NULL

> print_r(File::glob(base_path()));
Array
(
    [0] => /srv/webroot
)
// true

> var_dump(glob(base_path()));
array(1) {
  [0]=>
  string(12) "/srv/webroot"
}
// NULL

Also,

/srv$ ls -l

total 12
dr-xr-xr-x  2 root  ftp   4096 Jun  4 16:39 ftp
drwxrwxrwx  2 root  root  4096 Jul  7 00:41 http
drwxr-xr-x 11 ondra users 4096 Jul 15 23:19 webroot

/srv/webroot$ ls -l

total 168
drwxr-xr-x 13 ondra users   4096 Jul 14 12:15 app
drwxr-xr-x  2 ondra users   4096 Jul  7 01:45 bootstrap
drwxr-xr-x  7 ondra users   4096 Jul 15 22:27 bower_components
drwxr-xr-x  9 ondra users   4096 Jul 15 22:58 node_modules
drwxr-xr-x  3 ondra users   4096 Jul 14 12:15 provider
drwxr-xr-x 31 ondra users   4096 Jul 15 22:26 vendor
drwxr-xr-x  6 ondra users   4096 Jul 15 23:12 www
-rwxr-xr-x  1 ondra users   2452 Jun  1 20:16 artisan
-rw-r--r--  1 ondra users    174 Jul 15 22:27 bower.json
-rw-r--r--  1 ondra users   1842 Jul 15 23:15 composer.json
-rw-r--r--  1 ondra users 110454 Jul 15 22:26 composer.lock
-rw-r--r--  1 ondra users   1733 Jul 15 23:15 Gruntfile.js
-rw-r--r--  1 ondra users    361 Jul 15 22:58 package.json
-rw-r--r--  1 ondra users    567 Jun  1 20:16 phpunit.xml
-rw-r--r--  1 ondra users    519 Jun  1 20:16 server.php
-rwxr-xr-x  1 ondra users    343 Jul 15 23:19 update_all

Not sure what's wrong, but something apparently is.

[MightyPork]

Oh, by the way, this works:

> var_dump(glob(base_path()."/*"));
array(16) {
  [0]=>
  string(25) "/srv/webroot/Gruntfile.js"
  [1]=>
  string(16) "/srv/webroot/app"
  [2]=>
  string(20) "/srv/webroot/artisan"
  [3]=>
  string(22) "/srv/webroot/bootstrap"
  [4]=>
  string(23) "/srv/webroot/bower.json"
  [5]=>
  string(29) "/srv/webroot/bower_components"
  [6]=>
  string(26) "/srv/webroot/composer.json"
  [7]=>
  string(26) "/srv/webroot/composer.lock"
  [8]=>
  string(25) "/srv/webroot/node_modules"
  [9]=>
  string(25) "/srv/webroot/package.json"
  [10]=>
  string(24) "/srv/webroot/phpunit.xml"
  [11]=>
  string(21) "/srv/webroot/provider"
  [12]=>
  string(23) "/srv/webroot/server.php"
  [13]=>
  string(23) "/srv/webroot/update_all"
  [14]=>
  string(19) "/srv/webroot/vendor"
  [15]=>
  string(16) "/srv/webroot/www"
}

[tortuetorche]

Can you try this command line, to return a PHP error instead of false:

var_dump(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*/', GLOB_ERR));

[MightyPork]

@tortuetorche You just get FALSE:

> var_dump(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*/', GLOB_ERR));

bool(false)
// NULL

[tortuetorche]

And this one:

var_dump(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*'));

[MightyPork]

Well, there is no matching file.

> var_dump(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*'));

bool(false)
// NULL

Then I made one such file to try it:

> var_dump(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*'));

array(1) {
  [0]=>
  string(42) "/srv/webroot/vendor/a/a/app/assets/foo.bar"
}
// NULL

[tortuetorche]

On my computer it returns an empty array instead of false...

[tortuetorche]

Can you try this last PHP command, please ?

var_dump(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR));

[MightyPork]

Yep, here goes

// trying yours
[19] > var_dump(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR));

bool(false)
// NULL

// without
[20] > var_dump(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets/*'));

array(1) {
  [0]=>
  string(42) "/srv/webroot/vendor/a/a/app/assets/foo.bar"
}
// NULL

// without the /*
[21] > var_dump(File::glob(base_path().'/vendor/*/*/app/assets', GLOB_ONLYDIR));

array(1) {
  [0]=>
  string(34) "/srv/webroot/vendor/a/a/app/assets"
}
// NULL

Btw, if it helps, here is my phpinfo: http://pastebin.com/FBJYjG2E

[MightyPork]

Maybe you can just try glob with the /* at the end, and if it is false, use array() instead.

[tortuetorche]

After Googling on this issue, it appears that glob() returns false on some PHP installs. I think I can make a helper function to return an empty array if glob() returns false.

Thank you for your collaboration Ondřej. I'll push a fix as soon as possible.

[MightyPork]

alright,. no problem. Well, I've already replaced this with Grunt, but it'll help others with similar issue.

[tortuetorche]

@MightyPork If you can confirm that this issue is gone, it'll be very helpful.

Have a good day.

[MightyPork]

Ok I will try, write when it's fixed.