Install Fails on Windows with error "not within the allowed path"

[sarcanon]

I am unable to install composer on Windows using either the installer or manual installation. This is on Windows 7 (64). I'm trying to install in my development stack (WT-NMP).

With the automatic installer, the error is:

The PHP file you specified did not execute correctly: F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\php.exe

Running it from the command line might highlight the problem.
Use the -v switch to show the PHP version - it must be at least 5.3.2
Internal Error [ERR_STATUS], exit code 255

When I attempt to install manually, this is what happens:

F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24>php -r "eval('?>'.file_get_contents('https://getcomposer.org/installer'));"
#!/usr/bin/env php
All settings correct for using Composer
PHP Warning:  realpath(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/work/wt-nmp) in Command line code(1) : eval()'d code on line 312

Warning: realpath(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/work/wt-nmp) in Command line code(1) : eval()'d code on line 312
PHP Warning:  is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/work/wt-nmp)
in Command line code(1) : eval()'d code on line 315

Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/work/wt-nmp) in Command line code(1) : eval()'d code on line 315
Downloading...
Could not create file F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar: fopen(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/work/wt-nmp)
fopen(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar): failed to open stream: Operation not permitted
Download failed: fopen(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/work/wt-nmp)
fopen(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar): failed to open stream: Operation not permitted
fwrite() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given
Downloading...
Could not create file F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar: fopen(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/work/wt-nmp)
fopen(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar): failed to open stream: Operation not permitted
Download failed: fopen(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/work/wt-nmp)
fopen(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar): failed to open stream: Operation not permitted
fwrite() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given
Downloading...
Could not create file F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar: fopen(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/work/wt-nmp)
fopen(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar): failed to open stream: Operation not permitted
Download failed: fopen(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/work/wt-nmp)
fopen(F:\WT-NMP\bin\php-5.4.24\composer.phar): failed to open stream: Operation not permitted
fwrite() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given
The download failed repeatedly, aborting.

Might someone be able to tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thank you.

[sarcanon]

No doubt this is probably obvious to the experts, but for the sake of the archive should any other newb run across this issue in the future, it was a matter of PHP not knowing where to find its php.ini file, thus it defaulted to some basic set of settings, which included a non-existent base directory. Once I figured this out, I re-ran the install command explicitly setting the path to the php.ini file, like this:

php -c F:\WT-NMP\conf\php.ini -r "eval('?>'.file_get_contents('https://getcomposer.org/installer'));"

and all was well.

May I recommend some better error handling in the installer pointing out this possible problem if PHP is not give a valid .ini file?

Thanks.

[jakoch]

You found the solution yourself: this is not a Composer, but PHP environment / configuration issue.

[sachinjadhav21]

Thanks, but I am still facing the same issue.

C:>php -c c:\WT-NMP\conf\php.ini -r "eval('?>'.file_get_contents('https://getco
mposer.org/installer'));"
#!/usr/bin/env php
All settings correct for using Composer

Warning: realpath(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(C:) is not within
the allowed path(s): (c:/wt-nmp) in Command line code(1) : eval()'d code on lin
e 366

Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(C:\composer.ph
ar) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/wt-nmp) in Command line code(1) : eva
l()'d code on line 369

Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/etc/pki/tls/ce
rts/ca-bundle.crt) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/wt-nmp) in Command lin
e code(1) : eval()'d code on line 787

Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/etc/ssl/certs/
ca-certificates.crt) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/wt-nmp) in Command l
ine code(1) : eval()'d code on line 787

Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/etc/ssl/ca-bun
dle.pem) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/wt-nmp) in Command line code(1)
: eval()'d code on line 787

Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/shar
e/certs/ca-root-nss.crt) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/wt-nmp) in Comma
nd line code(1) : eval()'d code on line 787

Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/ssl/certs/
ca-bundle.crt) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/wt-nmp) in Command line co
de(1) : eval()'d code on line 787

Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/opt/local/shar
e/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/wt-nmp) in Com
mand line code(1) : eval()'d code on line 787

Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/shar
e/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/wt-nmp) in Com
mand line code(1) : eval()'d code on line 787

Warning: is_readable(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/share/ssl/
certs/ca-bundle.crt) is not within the allowed path(s): (c:/wt-nmp) in Command l
ine code(1) : eval()'d code on line 787

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'RuntimeException' with message 'Unable to write
bundled cacert.pem to: C:/Users/Sachin/AppData/Roaming/Composer/cacert.pem' in
Command line code(1) : eval()'d code:402
Stack trace:
#0 Command line code(1) : eval()'d code(112): installComposer(false, false, 'com
poser.phar', false, false, false)
#1 Command line code(1) : eval()'d code(14): process(Array)
#2 Command line code(1): eval()
#3 {main}
thrown in Command line code(1) : eval()'d code on line 402

[jakoch]

Can not reproduce.
Tested:

Command used php -r "readfile('https://getcomposer.org/installer');" | php

My suggestion: instead of using WT-NMP, you might consider using a server stack for windows, which ships Composer out of the box, like http://wpn-xm.org/

[vdohare]

I knew its too late, but may help someone else.
I just commented a line in php.ini by putting a semicolon in front of the following line
;open_basedir =

And this worked for me

[Bogdancev]

@vdohare Thanx, it worked for me too.