pathinfo(): Argument #1 ($path) must be of type string, null given

[Twansparant]

Hi there,

Since composer versions 2.3+, I'm getting this error when running composer install with gravityforms:

In FileDownloader.php line 439:
                                                                      
  [TypeError]                                                         
  pathinfo(): Argument #1 ($path) must be of type string, null given

Exception trace:
  at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php:439
 pathinfo() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php:439
 Composer\Downloader\FileDownloader->getFileName() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php:143
 Composer\Downloader\FileDownloader->download() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/ZipDownloader.php:100
 Composer\Downloader\ZipDownloader->download() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/DownloadManager.php:228
 Composer\Downloader\DownloadManager->Composer\Downloader\{closure}() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/DownloadManager.php:240
 Composer\Downloader\DownloadManager->download() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/LibraryInstaller.php:105
 Composer\Installer\LibraryInstaller->download() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/InstallationManager.php:353
 Composer\Installer\InstallationManager->downloadAndExecuteBatch() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer/InstallationManager.php:282
 Composer\Installer\InstallationManager->execute() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer.php:759
 Composer\Installer->doInstall() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer.php:588
 Composer\Installer->doUpdate() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Installer.php:279
 Composer\Installer->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Command/UpdateCommand.php:241
 Composer\Command\UpdateCommand->execute() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Command/Command.php:298
 Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:1015
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRunCommand() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:299
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->doRun() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:334
 Composer\Console\Application->doRun() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/vendor/symfony/console/Application.php:171
 Symfony\Component\Console\Application->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Console/Application.php:130
 Composer\Console\Application->run() at phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/bin/composer:83
 require() at /usr/local/bin/composer:29

Any idea what's going on?
Thanks!

[JimJ92120]

@Twansparant Twansparant
we've been facing same issue
composer-wp-pro-plugins is simply not yet compatible to 2.3.0 (no release done since 7 months and composer had released 2.3.0 this month (yday): https://github.com/composer/composer/releases

a solution would be to rollback to previous composer version (2.1, 2.2 seems to be ok) and wait for junaidbhura to be compatible with 2.3.0

[Twansparant]

Yeah I just rolled back to version 2.2.10 and that just throws a notice instead of an error:

Deprecation Notice: pathinfo(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($path) of type string is deprecated in phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php:457

[JimJ92120]

@Twansparant Twansparant then 2.1 (works on our side)

[Twansparant]

No sorry, I meant 2.2.10 also works for me!

[junaidbhura]

Came across this yesterday. Downgraded Composer to 2.2.10 and it worked for me too. I think its because of strict type checking. Will have to take a look.

More info:
https://blog.packagist.com/composer-2-3/
https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.3.0

[JimJ92120]

@junaidbhura i can have a look this week if needed
meanwhile, it might worth updating (or adding a note on) README.md (https://github.com/junaidbhura/composer-wp-pro-plugins/blob/master/README.md?plain=1#L31) until compatible with composer 2.3.0

[arjendejong12]

I'm also experiencing this problem on composer 2.3.0 and initial debugging (I might be totally wrong tho) shows that the PluginEvents::PRE_FILE_DOWNLOAD event is loaded after it loads the $package->getDistUrl() in the composer/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php#L437 getFileName function, which means the distUrl gets changed too late.

[arjendejong12]

I think I found a solution, add a trailing slash to the "dist" url:

"dist": {
    "type": "zip",
    "url": "https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/"
}, 

The packages will now install like before. The downside is that this requires developers to edit their composer.json file, instead of simply updating this package.

[junaidbhura]

Hello All,

Unfortunately it looks like this happens outside of the plugin here: https://github.com/composer/composer/blob/main/src/Composer/Downloader/FileDownloader.php#L439

So as @arjendejong12 pointed out - the solution in this case will be to just add a trailing slash / in the packages' dist URLs. I'm going to close this issue and update the README of this plugin to reflect this.