composer config vendor-dir is ignored, hardcoded path vendor/

[Ragzid]

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overtrue/phplint                   9.1.1   `phplint` is a tool that can speed up linting of php files by running several lint processes at once.
psr/cache                          3.0.0   Common interface for caching libraries
psr/container                      2.0.2   Common Container Interface (PHP FIG PSR-11)
psr/event-dispatcher               1.0.0   Standard interfaces for event handling.
psr/log                            3.0.0   Common interface for logging libraries
symfony/cache                      v7.0.3  Provides extended PSR-6, PSR-16 (and tags) implementations
symfony/cache-contracts            v3.4.0  Generic abstractions related to caching
symfony/console                    v7.0.3  Eases the creation of beautiful and testable command line interfaces
symfony/deprecation-contracts      v3.4.0  A generic function and convention to trigger deprecation notices
symfony/event-dispatcher           v7.0.3  Provides tools that allow your application components to communicate with each other by dispatching events and listening to them
symfony/event-dispatcher-contracts v3.4.0  Generic abstractions related to dispatching event
symfony/finder                     v7.0.0  Finds files and directories via an intuitive fluent interface
symfony/options-resolver           v7.0.0  Provides an improved replacement for the array_replace PHP function
symfony/polyfill-ctype             v1.29.0 Symfony polyfill for ctype functions
symfony/polyfill-intl-grapheme     v1.29.0 Symfony polyfill for intl's grapheme_* functions
symfony/polyfill-intl-normalizer   v1.29.0 Symfony polyfill for intl's Normalizer class and related functions
symfony/polyfill-mbstring          v1.29.0 Symfony polyfill for the Mbstring extension
symfony/process                    v7.0.3  Executes commands in sub-processes
symfony/service-contracts          v3.4.1  Generic abstractions related to writing services
symfony/string                     v7.0.3  Provides an object-oriented API to strings and deals with bytes, UTF-8 code points and grapheme clusters in a unified way
symfony/var-exporter               v7.0.3  Allows exporting any serializable PHP data structure to plain PHP code
symfony/yaml                       v7.0.3  Loads and dumps YAML files

Summary

Version 9.1 keeps looking for vendor/ directory and ignores composer.json config.

Create empty project with following:

{
	"config": {
		"vendor-dir": "vendors"
	}
}

Install latest phplint

composer require overtrue/phplint --dev

Run phplint

php8.2 vendors/bin/phplint

Expected behaviour

Code linting is performed.

Actual behaviour

PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught RuntimeException: Unable to find "vendor/autoload.php" in tmp/vendors/overtrue/phplint", "tmp" paths. in tmp/vendors/overtrue/phplint/config/bootstrap.php:44
Stack trace:
#0 tmp/vendors/overtrue/phplint/bin/phplint(6): require_once()
#1 tmp/vendors/bin/phplint(120): include('...')
#2 {main}
  thrown in tmp/vendors/overtrue/phplint/config/bootstrap.php on line 44

[llaville]

Even if PHPLint did not run in such context, this feature was never implemented since first version (/cc @overtrue : tell me if you're agree).
So I consider it as an enhancement rather than a bug (regression)

[llaville]

Anyway, I've already found a solution to fix this context
See https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/vendor-binaries.md#finding-the-composer-autoloader-from-a-binary

[Ragzid]

Thank you @llaville .
I forgot to mention that latest 9.0.x version (9.0.8) works as expected and honors the configured dir (basically all versions since 3.4 as I just saw in one obsolete project).

[llaville]

@Ragzid I've already given an answer that will explains the issue context (splitting autoloader in its own config/bootstrap.php file)

[llaville]

Just finished my tests. Here are the plan !

Tested with following composer.json contents (and a local clone copy of main PHPLint repo) :

{
  "config": {
    "vendor-dir": "vendors"
  },
  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "path",
      "url": "../github/phplint"
    }
  ],
  "require": {
    "overtrue/phplint": "9.1.x-dev"
  },
  "minimum-stability": "dev"
}

Install PHPLint as configured

composer update

Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies
Lock file operations: 22 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
  - Locking overtrue/phplint (dev-main)
  - Locking psr/cache (dev-master 0a7c67d)
  - Locking psr/container (dev-master 7079847)
  - Locking psr/event-dispatcher (dev-master 977ffcf)
  - Locking psr/log (dev-master fe5ea30)
  - Locking symfony/cache (7.1.x-dev 5460647)
  - Locking symfony/cache-contracts (dev-main a9fe419)
  - Locking symfony/console (7.1.x-dev 82efc31)
  - Locking symfony/deprecation-contracts (dev-main 2c438b9)
  - Locking symfony/event-dispatcher (7.1.x-dev 5bb99ba)
  - Locking symfony/event-dispatcher-contracts (dev-main 4d4ea14)
  - Locking symfony/finder (7.1.x-dev beeac2b)
  - Locking symfony/options-resolver (7.1.x-dev 700ff40)
  - Locking symfony/polyfill-ctype (1.x-dev ef4d7e4)
  - Locking symfony/polyfill-intl-grapheme (1.x-dev 32a9da8)
  - Locking symfony/polyfill-intl-normalizer (1.x-dev bc45c39)
  - Locking symfony/polyfill-mbstring (1.x-dev 9773676)
  - Locking symfony/process (7.1.x-dev bf2a95a)
  - Locking symfony/service-contracts (dev-main cea2ecc)
  - Locking symfony/string (7.1.x-dev 3d0a988)
  - Locking symfony/var-exporter (7.1.x-dev 1fb7930)
  - Locking symfony/yaml (7.1.x-dev 6bd0f04)
Writing lock file
Installing dependencies from lock file (including require-dev)
Package operations: 22 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals
  - Downloading symfony/yaml (7.1.x-dev 6bd0f04)
  - Downloading symfony/process (7.1.x-dev bf2a95a)
  - Downloading symfony/deprecation-contracts (dev-main 2c438b9)
  - Downloading symfony/finder (7.1.x-dev beeac2b)
  - Downloading psr/event-dispatcher (dev-master 977ffcf)
  - Downloading symfony/event-dispatcher-contracts (dev-main 4d4ea14)
  - Downloading symfony/event-dispatcher (7.1.x-dev 5bb99ba)
  - Downloading symfony/string (7.1.x-dev 3d0a988)
  - Downloading psr/container (dev-master 7079847)
  - Downloading symfony/service-contracts (dev-main cea2ecc)
  - Downloading symfony/console (7.1.x-dev 82efc31)
  - Downloading psr/cache (dev-master 0a7c67d)
  - Downloading symfony/cache-contracts (dev-main a9fe419)
  - Downloading symfony/cache (7.1.x-dev 5460647)
  - Installing symfony/polyfill-ctype (1.x-dev ef4d7e4): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/yaml (7.1.x-dev 6bd0f04): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/process (7.1.x-dev bf2a95a): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/deprecation-contracts (dev-main 2c438b9): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/options-resolver (7.1.x-dev 700ff40): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/finder (7.1.x-dev beeac2b): Extracting archive
  - Installing psr/event-dispatcher (dev-master 977ffcf): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/event-dispatcher-contracts (dev-main 4d4ea14): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/event-dispatcher (7.1.x-dev 5bb99ba): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/polyfill-mbstring (1.x-dev 9773676): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/polyfill-intl-normalizer (1.x-dev bc45c39): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/polyfill-intl-grapheme (1.x-dev 32a9da8): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/string (7.1.x-dev 3d0a988): Extracting archive
  - Installing psr/container (dev-master 7079847): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/service-contracts (dev-main cea2ecc): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/console (7.1.x-dev 82efc31): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/var-exporter (7.1.x-dev 1fb7930): Extracting archive
  - Installing psr/cache (dev-master 0a7c67d): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/cache-contracts (dev-main a9fe419): Extracting archive
  - Installing psr/log (dev-master fe5ea30): Extracting archive
  - Installing symfony/cache (7.1.x-dev 5460647): Extracting archive
  - Installing overtrue/phplint (dev-main): Symlinking from ../github/phplint
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With upcoming release 9.1.2 :

vendors/bin/phplint

phplint 9.1.2 by overtrue and contributors.

Runtime       : PHP 8.2.15
Configuration : No config file loaded

........................................................................................
Time: 1 sec, Memory: 8.0 MiB, Cache: 276 hits, 88 misses, Processes: 88


 [OK] 364 files

After building the PHAR version with BOX v4.6.1, run

../github/phplint/bin/phplint.phar

Still gave results

phplint 9.1.2 by overtrue and contributors.

Runtime       : PHP 8.2.15
Configuration : No config file loaded

................................................................................................ 97 / 364 ( 26%)
.................................................................................................194 / 364 ( 53%)
.................................................................................................291 / 364 ( 79%)
..........................................................................

Time: 5 secs, Memory: 10.0 MiB, Cache: 0 hit, 364 misses, Processes: 364


 [OK] 364 files

[llaville]

@Ragzid main branch of PHPLint repo is already updated. So you can test it, following plan I've provided, if you want.

[Ragzid]

rev da61584 works as expected, thank you very much

[llaville]

Version 9.1.2 is available