Updating a plugin via command-line error.

[qroft]

Winter CMS Build

1.2

PHP Version

Other (please specify below)

Database engine

SQLite

Plugins installed

Winter.Demo, Winter.Blog, Indikator.Backend, Winter.Builder, Mercator.TwigExt

Issue description

Thanks to my not-so-nice webhost, i am having trouble using composer. To add the Mercator.TwigExt plugin, i copied it manually into the plugins folder. In the backend i can see that it was found and that - in theory - i can use it.
But it does not work because i need some Twig Intl extras installed what through the FTP upload does not work.
As i can not use composer, i can not make it install all the dependencies.

So i thought that i could use
php artisan plugin:refresh Mercator.TwigExt
as workaround but the result is this error:

In Questionhelper line 109: Undefined constant "STDIN"

I tried to update any other plugin, but all of them result in this error.

I am using PHP 8.3

Steps to replicate

1. Installed a plugin manually.
2. In the command line called "php artisan plugin:refresh Name.OfPlugin
3. Wait

Workaround

Unfortunately until now, nothing.

[damsfx]

The plugin's composer.json file indicates that it requires dependencies (which will be installed with composer).

If in your case you can't use composer on your server (your hosting provider should offer it ... we're in 2024) you can perform the installation in a local environment and then upload the plugin files via FTP.
⚠ In this case, you'll also need to synchronize your ./vendor folder to get the plugin's dependencies (don't miss the autoload.php file).

[mjauvin]

The best way is to have a local install where composer is available and push the plugins and vendor folders using FTP.

Once done, run php artisan migrate

[qroft]

Ok, so thanks to the following link i found out that the problem is that the artisan call needs to be done through the CLI, what is strange because i am trying this via the Windows Powershell. I totally understand the solutions offered above, but as i some times mentioned before in other discussions, this is not THAT scriptkid user-friendly as i think.

I always think about the Wordpress or Joomla noobs (and i am one of them) that want to move to Winter CMS but struggle on how to set up a local enviorment.

So this link:
https://divinglaravel.com/the-problem-behind-undefined-constant-stdin-when-running-laravel-artisan-command-programmatically
states that Artisan is seeking for a STDIN input but as it can not be called, throws an exception.

The solution on that site is for force or not an input
Route::get('/queue-clear', function () { Artisan::call('queue:clear', [ '--force' => true ]); });

Wouldn't it be possible to add this into the Questionhelper.php file?