Composer init (new project) Aborted with Symfony RuntimeException

Question

In a new folder completely empty :

composer init

i have :

Welcome to the Composer config generator

This command will guide you through creating your composer.json config.

Package name (<vendor>/<name>) [slordef/test-composer]:

  [Symfony\Component\Console\Exception\RuntimeException]
  Aborted

init [--name NAME] [--description DESCRIPTION] [--author AUTHOR] [--type [TYPE]] [--homepage HOMEPAGE] [--require REQUIRE] [--require-dev REQUIRE-DEV] [-s|--stability STABILITY] [-l|--license LICENSE] [--repository REPOSITORY]

Composer is up to date... Dont know how it append

try running that command by adding -vvv to get debug output e.g: composer init -vvv — Indra
– Indra, Commented Apr 2, 2020 at 17:52

Bonfix Ngetich · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-15 16:35:46Z

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This is probably a problem with PHP version 7.4, had to switch to version 7.3 to make it work

answered Sep 15, 2020 at 16:35

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Ahmed Sayed Sk Over a year ago

This solution fixes in my case, thank you.

Tommy Hoang Over a year ago

I am using PHP 7.3.12 of wampserver 3 but still got that problem. Any ideas?

Slordef · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-02 18:37:33Z

by running :

composer init -vvv

get :

Exception trace: () at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php:148 Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\QuestionHelper->doAsk() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php:75 Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\QuestionHelper->Symfony\Component\Console\Helper{closure}() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php:404 Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\QuestionHelper->validateAttempts() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php:78 Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\QuestionHelper->ask() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/IO/ConsoleIO.php:291 Composer\IO\ConsoleIO->askAndValidate() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Command/InitCommand.php:240 Composer\Command\InitCommand->interact() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php:230 Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:835 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:185 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:267 Composer\Console\Application->doRun() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:117 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:106 Composer\Console\Application->run() at phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/bin/composer:61 require() at C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin\composer.phar:24

Amirhossein Fazli · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-20 10:39:06Z

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Uninstall and reinstall Composer. Note that when installing, set php version 7.0. * To environment variables. So your problem will be solved

answered Mar 20, 2021 at 10:39

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elliottregan Over a year ago

Why 7.0.*? Why not 7.4.*? Giving an example of what that looks would be helpful.

Narendra · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-12 15:35:44Z

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i had the same bug, but I after all I realized that it happens in the last version of php. Example: I am now using PHP 7.4 but when I switched to PHP 7.3.12 the bug was solved! So I could dare saying that for that specific bug the first thing to check is the version of PHP you're using whether is it stable of not..

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