I am trying to get yii working on my machine, using the composer method of installation.I am pretty sure I installed composer correctly, based on the errors I am getting.
Environment:
Win XP
Xampp install version xampp-win32-1.8.2-6-VC9-installer.exe
Xampp seems to be working fine.
PHP 5.4.22
MySQL 5.5.34
Apache 2.4.7
phpMyAdmin 4.0.9
I installed Composer (since I got the error message below, I assume composer is installed fine)
But when I get to the next step in the YII install procedure (cut/paste right off the install instructions for yii 2.0), I get this error.
C:\XAMPP>php composer.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:1.0.0->beta4"
Could not open input file: composer.phar
C:\XAMPP>
Yii install Instructions are pretty weak. Am I in the right directory? Where would I find the missing file ? What am I doing wrong ? I just don't have a clue, since I don't know anything about composer and have enough to learn right now. I tired a search of here, also the yiiframework site, but can find no mention of this issue. Most of the install problems seem to date to when it was in early development. All help or pointers appreciated.