requires ext-fileinfo. How do I add that into my composer.json file?

Question

I am trying to install intervention/image. After running the composer update, I get:

Answer 1

We dont need to do anything in composer.json

Windows

Enable fileinfo extension in php.ini

extension= php_fileinfo.dll

In Linux

1) Download and untar the package

wget http://pecl.php.net/get/Fileinfo-1.0.4.tgz

tar -zxf Fileinfo-1.0.4.tgz

cd Fileinfo-1.0.4

2) Generate the extension for compiling

phpize

3) Configure the module

./configure

4) generate the install files and install it

make

make install

5) Now the extension will be available under the /usr/lib64/php/modules directory. You now need to add the extension somewhere in the php configuration file. Edit /etc/php.ini and add the following: extension=fileinfo.so 6) Save the file and restart the webserver

service httpd restart

To verify fileinfo module is enabled properly, execute:

php -i | grep fileinfo

fileinfo support => enabled

Alternate method

Just an FYI, the module can also be installed using the PECL command i.e.

pecl install fileinfo

Once done, just follow steps 5 and 6 mentioned above to enable it. That’s it.