The EasySail repo for simplifying working with Sail.

I'm sure the docs used to mention it somewhere, but if you're going for a containerised approach, you'd run composer in a container too, eg:

docker run --rm \
    -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
    -v $(pwd):/var/www/html \
    -w /var/www/html \
    composer/composer:latest \
    composer req laravel/sail --dev

I haven't installed PHP locally for nearly a decade.. and on the 2 occassions I needed to use Sail, it installed just fine running composer in a container.

While I commend you on looking into writing a package... it's ultimately a solution looking for a problem.

Thanks for your feedback! I’m really glad we’re on the same page — having both PHP and Sail installed together can definitely feel a bit messy and overwhelming. Your solution is actually very clean and simple, and honestly, I’m happy I asked for feedback. I realized that I can simplify some parts to make the usage process of EasySail smoother, and as I mentioned before, also add a CLI tool alongside it.

While I commend you on looking into writing a package... it's ultimately a solution looking for a problem.

I don’t know which country you’re in, but maybe it’s not even a problem for you — and that’s totally fine, I respect that.

But for me, it is a problem, so I’d prefer to at least build it for myself :)

I'm based in London, UK.. so granted, internet here is pretty stable (though I do understand your pain as it was only a few years ago that this property had access to something decent, before that, it was 3Mbps/0.8Mbps up/down.. which wasn't fun when your 2 young lads also wanted to stream separate youtube videos 😃).

I also think that building pre-configured stuff for yourself isn't a bad idea either, especially if it's something you use reguarly (I have multiple pre-configured docker images that I use for myself for pure convenience and then use a Makefile to run various commands inside/outside of the container(s)).

I guess context is key for this too.. it may well in some situations be far easier/more convenient/efficient to download a single docker image than a base image and then a bunch of dependencies.

Good luck with your project 👍🏻

Actually, they install it

@ahmadreza1383 Not true. I have an M2 MacBook Pro that I bought over a year ago now, and so far have not installed PHP or Composer on it. I run composer commands using the Composer Docker image (which I’ve aliased):

composer () {
	docker run --interactive --rm --tty --volume $PWD:/app --volume ${COMPOSER_HOME:-$HOME/.composer}:/tmp composer $*
}

It means I can run composer commands on my machine like normal, but it uses Composer inside a Docker image rather than a composer binary on my actual machine. This is also how I install Sail in new applications.