PhantomJS-Installer
A Composer package that installs the PhantomJS binary for Linux, Windows, and macOS into your project's /bin directory.
What is PhantomJS-Installer?
jakoch/phantomjs-installer is a Composer package that automates the installation of the PhantomJS headless browser binary into PHP projects. It downloads the correct platform-specific binary (Linux, Windows, macOS) and makes it available locally, eliminating manual download and setup steps. This ensures consistent and reproducible builds across different development environments.
PHP developers who need PhantomJS as a dependency for tasks like headless browser testing, web scraping, or screenshot generation within their Composer-based projects. It is particularly useful for teams requiring automated, cross-platform binary management.
Developers choose this package because it seamlessly integrates PhantomJS installation into the Composer workflow, handling version management, cross-platform support, and mirror configuration automatically. Its unique selling point is the elimination of manual binary handling, providing reliability and convenience through features like automatic retry on download failures and a PhantomBinary helper class for easy path access.
Overview
A Composer Package which installs the PhantomJS binary (Linux, Windows, Mac) into /bin of your project.
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