PHP 8.0 composer create-project creates php: directory

[alexkart]

• Laravel Version: v8.5.22
• PHP Version: v8.0.8
• OS: Ubuntu 20.04

Description:

When creating a new project it creates an empty directory called php:

Steps To Reproduce:

composer create-project laravel/laravel blog
ls -la
drwxrwxr-x  4 vagrant vagrant 4096 Jul 22 21:34 .
drwxr-xr-x  7 vagrant vagrant 4096 Jul 22 16:41 ..
drwxrwxr-x 12 vagrant vagrant 4096 Jul 22 16:42 blog
drwxrwxr-x  2 vagrant vagrant 4096 Jul 22 16:42 php:

Here is a stack trace when it can't create that directory:

Exception trace:
 () at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Util/Filesystem.php:252
 Composer\Util\Filesystem->ensureDirectoryExists() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Repository/FilesystemRepository.php:110
 Composer\Repository\FilesystemRepository->write() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/InstallationManager.php:421
 Composer\Installer\InstallationManager->Composer\Installer\{closure}() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/FulfilledPromise.php:20
 React\Promise\FulfilledPromise->then() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:74
 React\Promise\Deferred->React\Promise\{closure}() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:166
 React\Promise\Deferred->processQueue() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:95
 React\Promise\Deferred->resolve() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/FulfilledPromise.php:20
 React\Promise\FulfilledPromise->then() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:76
 React\Promise\Deferred->React\Promise\{closure}() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:166
 React\Promise\Deferred->processQueue() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:95
 React\Promise\Deferred->resolve() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/FulfilledPromise.php:20
 React\Promise\FulfilledPromise->then() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:74
 React\Promise\Deferred->React\Promise\{closure}() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:166
 React\Promise\Deferred->processQueue() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:95
 React\Promise\Deferred->resolve() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/FulfilledPromise.php:20
 React\Promise\FulfilledPromise->then() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:76
 React\Promise\Deferred->React\Promise\{closure}() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:166
 React\Promise\Deferred->processQueue() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:95
 React\Promise\Deferred->resolve() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/FulfilledPromise.php:20
 React\Promise\FulfilledPromise->then() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:76
 React\Promise\Deferred->React\Promise\{closure}() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:166
 React\Promise\Deferred->processQueue() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:95
 React\Promise\Deferred->resolve() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/FulfilledPromise.php:20
 React\Promise\FulfilledPromise->then() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:76
 React\Promise\Deferred->React\Promise\{closure}() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:166
 React\Promise\Deferred->processQueue() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Deferred.php:95
 React\Promise\Deferred->resolve() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/react/promise/src/React/Promise/Promise.php:42
 React\Promise\Promise->React\Promise\{closure}() at n/a:n/a
 call_user_func() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Util/ProcessExecutor.php:316
 Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor->countActiveJobs() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Util/Loop.php:92
 Composer\Util\Loop->wait() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/InstallationManager.php:462
 Composer\Installer\InstallationManager->waitOnPromises() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/InstallationManager.php:440
 Composer\Installer\InstallationManager->executeBatch() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/InstallationManager.php:367
 Composer\Installer\InstallationManager->downloadAndExecuteBatch() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/InstallationManager.php:266
 Composer\Installer\InstallationManager->execute() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php:442
 Composer\Command\CreateProjectCommand->installRootPackage() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php:176
 Composer\Command\CreateProjectCommand->installProject() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Command/CreateProjectCommand.php:158
 Composer\Command\CreateProjectCommand->execute() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php:245
 Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:835
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:185
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:314
 Composer\Console\Application->doRun() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:117
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:125
 Composer\Console\Application->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/bin/composer:67
 require() at /usr/local/bin/composer:24

[ajuchacko]

Is composer installed as global?

[ajuchacko]

As it seems it has more to do with composer than laravel

[alexkart]

Is composer installed as global?

yes

As it seems it has more to do with composer than laravel

looks like that, I used Composer version 2.1.4

[alexkart]

Created issue in the composer repo composer/composer#10020

[alexkart]

It is fixed in Composer version 2.1.5