Composer not installing or working properly? Getting loads of error messages simply to run?<\/p>\n
It looks something like this:<\/p>\n
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function Symfony\\Polyfill\\Mbstring\\iconv() in phar:\/\/\/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer\/vendor\/symfony\/polyfill-mbstring\/Mbstring.php:661\r\nStack trace:\r\n#0 phar:\/\/\/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer\/vendor\/symfony\/polyfill-mbstring\/bootstrap.php(48): Symfony\\Polyfill\\Mbstring\\Mbstring::mb_strwidth(' [Composer\\\\Dow...', 'ASCII')\r\n#1 phar:\/\/\/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer\/vendor\/symfony\/console\/Helper\/Helper.php(54): mb_strwidth(' [Composer\\\\Dow...', 'ASCII')\r\n#2 phar:\/\/\/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer\/vendor\/symfony\/console\/Application.php(654): Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Helper\\Helper::strlen(' [Composer\\\\Dow...')\r\n#3 phar:\/\/\/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer\/vendor\/symfony\/console\/Application.php(127): Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Application->renderException(Object(Composer\\Downloader\\TransportException), Object(Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Output\\StreamOutput))\r\n#4 phar:\/\/\/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer\/src\/Composer\/Console\/Application.php(103): Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Applicatio in phar:\/\/\/opt\/cpanel\/composer\/bin\/composer\/vendor\/symfony\/polyfill-mbstring\/Mbstring.php on line 661\r\n[aspapp@client-192-129-227-26 www]$ composer require maltyxx\/restclient<\/pre>\n <\/p>\n
1. Google the error message for more info: https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/40800616\/call-to-undefined-function-symfony-polyfill-mbstring-iconv-strlen
\n2. Install missing extensions: https:\/\/cyberpersons.com\/2016\/10\/21\/install-missing-php-extensions-cpanelwhm\/
\n3. Then try again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Composer not installing or working properly? Getting loads of error messages simply to run? 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