Run CakePHP Quickstart with no interaction (skip setting directory permissions)

[tyler36]

Preliminary checklist

• I am using the latest stable version of DDEV (see upgrade guide)
• I have searched existing issues
• I have checked the troubleshooting guide
• I have run ddev debug test to include output below

Output of ddev debug test

Expand `ddev debug test` diagnostic information

[COPY-PASTE HERE THE OUTPUT OF `ddev debug test`]

Expected Behavior

Copy and pasting the CakePHP quickstart should:

• install website
• automatically launch the browser to the functionaling website

Actual Behavior

Composer stops and asks to "Set Folder Permissions":

$ ddev composer create --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~5.0
...
PHP CodeSniffer Config installed_paths set to ../../cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer,../../slevomat/coding-standard
Executing composer command: [composer run-script post-create-project-cmd]
 
> App\Console\Installer::postInstall
Created `config/app_local.php` file
Created `/var/www/html/logs` directory
Created `/var/www/html/tmp/cache/views` directory
Set Folder Permissions ? (Default to Y) [Y,n]? 

Steps To Reproduce

Follow quickstart guide for CakePHP (replicated below)

mkdir my-cakephp-site && cd my-cakephp-site
ddev config --project-type=cakephp --docroot=webroot
ddev composer create --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~5.0
ddev cake
ddev launch

Anything else?

I tried use --no-interaction on the composer line but it still stopped.
Eg. ddev composer create --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~5.0 --no-interaction

I believe this is because of the composer run-script post-create-project-cmd line which doesn't inherit the flag.

Adding a .ddev/.env file with COMPOSER_NO_INTERACTION=1 does NOT cause composer to stop. But we probably don't want this to always be active, only during the initial "ddev composer create" step.

[rfay]

Could you please try it with the HEAD version and see if it's any different?

The second answer on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49812880/how-can-i-run-composer-without-user-interaction also might have value (using yes)

IIRC Composer added a question like this for security purposes that might require an extra setting in the composer.json to bypass.

[tyler36]

You mean ddev exec yes | composer create --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~5.0 ?

$ ddev exec yes | composer create --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~5.0
...
Updated Security.salt value in config/app_local.php
Failed to execute command yes: signal: broken pipe

[stasadev]

yes | ddev composer create --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~5.0

[stasadev]

I think I know what the problem is, we're not passing the flags to composer run-script, I'll fix that.

Edit:

I believe this is because of the composer run-script post-create-project-cmd line which doesn't inherit the flag.

I didn't read the first post carefully 😅

[tyler36]

yes | ddev composer create --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~5.0

Sorry. Didn't think of it there.

[tyler36]

yes | ddev composer create --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~5.0

✅ WSL Ubuntu with DDEV 1.23.2
❌ Windows 11 with DDEV 1.23.2

[rfay]

RIght, but that shouldn't be needed at all with

• fix: pass all valid options to nested commands in ddev composer create, fixes #6300, fixes #6246, for #5058 #6303

which is the real fix. We'll get that in soon.