stiks/yii2-composer-bower-skip

A Composer package that allows you to install or update Yii2 without Bower-Asset

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Yii2 Composer Bower Skip

A Composer package that allows you to install or update Yii2 without Bower-Asset., _(*2)

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FEATURES

1. Prevent the error of Bower packages when using Composer install & update for Yii2, _(*4)

Problem 1, _(*5)

- yiisoft/yii2 2.0.12 requires bower-asset/jquery 2.2.@stable | 2.1.@stable | 1.11.@stable | 1.12.@stable -> no matching package found., _(*6)

2. Skip Bower packages installation or update, No fxp/composer-asset-plugin needed, _(*7)

Bower packages are not original Packagist source from Composer, so it will cause error when you install or update Bower without a plugin. After requiring this package, Bower packages will not be required or updated, which you will keep the current version of Bower or even no Bower in the project vendor., _(*8)

If you are using Yii2 Bower, the recommended way is using yidas/yii2-bower-asset which could install or update Bower for Yii2 without plugin., _(*9)

INSTALLATION

In Yii2 composer.json, require yidas/yii2-composer-bower-skip before yiisoft/yii2., _(*10)

Example composer.json:, _(*11)

"require": {
    "php": ">=5.4.0",
    "yidas/yii2-composer-bower-skip": "~2.0.5",
    "yiisoft/yii2": "~2.0.5",
    "yiisoft/yii2-bootstrap": "~2.0.0"
}

After that, you can run composer update or composer install without handling Bower-Asset., _(*12)

CREATE PROJECT

If you doesn't has Yii2 project yet, choose one of below ways to create:, _(*13)

Create Project via Composer

You can use Composer to create Yii2 project by using following package:, _(*14)

yidas/yii2-app-basic

composer create-project --prefer-dist yidas/yii2-app-basic

yidas/yii2-app-advanced

composer create-project --prefer-dist yidas/yii2-app-advanced

These packages are Yii 2 Application Template with fixed Bower, which including yidas/yii2-bower-asset already., _(*15)

Creating Project from Official Site

You could download Yii2 project from official Archive File, then manally install yii2-composer-bower-skip on it by following above instruction., _(*16)

FAQ

Still Stuck when Composer Update

If you still get trouble with Bower after install this package, try to delete composer.lock file and make sure the asset plugin is disabled:, _(*17)

composer global remove fxp/composer-asset-plugin
composer update

Keep Current Bower

If you still want to keep vendor\bower, you could set reverse Git-ignore for that folder:, _(*18)

# composer vendor dir
/vendor/*
!/vendor/bower

For example, you may lose Bower vendor after the project is pushed to Git server then re-install Composer from the clone one., _(*19)

If you want keep whole vendor ignored, you could take a look for yidas/yii2-bower-asset which support auto-install for Bower., _(*20)

LIMITATIONS

This solution is for the situation that you won't require or update Bower asset of Yii2 for development such as using yii2-debug and yii2-gii., _(*21)

If you are using Yii2 Bower, there are some smooth ways to require or update Bower for Yii2:, _(*22)

Yii2 Bower Asset Package

yidas/yii2-bower-asset goals to install Bower for Yii2 app by original Composer repository, and makes Bower and Composer separated., _(*23)

This is the recommended way to handle Bower with Yii2., _(*24)

Asset-Packagist Solution

Asset-Packagist is the new solution of Yii2, you may install Bower smoothly in Yii2 with new version until release., _(*25)