Because I’m still sometimes doing some PHP-Coding, I wanted to get started with Maven for PHP, however, I ran into various problems with the way it was described on their webpage.

Unfortunately, also the mailing list did not respond to my mails, so I had to dig into the source alone.

The problem I had was, that although I added the profile-php-maven to my settings.xml, the archetypes where not recognized, resulting in an error-message like this, when trying to create a new project:

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mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.phpmaven -
DarchetypeArtifactId=php5-lib-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=1.0 -
DgroupId=org.sample -DartifactId=my-app

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'.
[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Default Project
[INFO]    task-segment: [archetype:generate] (aggregator-style)
[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Preparing archetype:generate
[INFO] No goals needed for project - skipping
[INFO] Setting property: classpath.resource.loader.class =>
'org.codehaus.plexus.velocity.ContextClassLoaderResourceLoader'.
[INFO] Setting property: velocimacro.messages.on => 'false'.
[INFO] Setting property: resource.loader => 'classpath'.
[INFO] Setting property: resource.manager.logwhenfound => 'false'.
[INFO] [archetype:generate]
[WARNING] No archetype repository found. Falling back to central
repository (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2).
[WARNING] Use -DarchetypeRepository= if archetype's
repository is elsewhere.
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/phpmaven/php5-lib-archetype/1.0/php...
org.apache.maven.archetype.downloader.DownloadNotFoundException:
Requested download does not exist.
        at org.apache.maven.archetype.downloader.DefaultDownloader.download
(DefaultDownloader.java:62)
        at
org.apache.maven.archetype.common.DefaultArchetypeArtifactManager.exists
(DefaultArchetypeArtifactManager.java:310)
        at
org.apache.maven.archetype.ui.DefaultArchetypeGenerationConfigurator.configureArchetype
(DefaultArchetypeGenerationConfigurator.java:103)
        at
org.apache.maven.archetype.mojos.CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.execute
(CreateProjectFromArchetypeMojo.java:168)
        at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultPluginManager.executeMojo
(DefaultPluginManager.java:453)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoals
(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:559)
        at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeStandaloneGoal
(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:513)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoal
(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:483)
        at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeGoalAndHandleFailures
(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:331)
        at
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.executeTaskSegments
(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:228)
        at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.DefaultLifecycleExecutor.execute
(DefaultLifecycleExecutor.java:142)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:336)
        at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:129)
        at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:301)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke
(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:
315)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:
430)
        at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by:
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactNotFoundException: Unable
to locate resource in repository

Try downloading the file manually from the project website.

Then, install it using the command:
    mvn install:install-file -DgroupId=org.phpmaven -DartifactId=php5-
lib-archetype -Dversion=1.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file

Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy the file
there:
    mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.phpmaven -DartifactId=php5-
lib-archetype -Dversion=1.0 -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=
[url] -DrepositoryId=[id]

  org.phpmaven:php5-lib-archetype:jar:1.0

from the specified remote repositories:
  php5-lib-archetype-repo (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)

        at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve
(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:212)
        at
org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolveAlways
(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:80)
        at org.apache.maven.archetype.downloader.DefaultDownloader.download
(DefaultDownloader.java:54)
        ... 21 more
Caused by: org.apache.maven.wagon.ResourceDoesNotExistException:
Unable to locate resource in repository
        at
org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.http.LightweightHttpWagon.fillInputData
(LightweightHttpWagon.java:100)
        at org.apache.maven.wagon.StreamWagon.get(StreamWagon.java:68)
        at org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.DefaultWagonManager.getRemoteFile
(DefaultWagonManager.java:475)
        at org.apache.maven.artifact.manager.DefaultWagonManager.getArtifact
(DefaultWagonManager.java:355)
        at org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.DefaultArtifactResolver.resolve
(DefaultArtifactResolver.java:196)
        ... 23 more
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException:
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/phpmaven/php5-lib-archetype/1.0/php...
        at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream
(HttpURLConnection.java:1311)
        at
org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.http.LightweightHttpWagon.fillInputData
(LightweightHttpWagon.java:83)
        ... 27 more
[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] The desired archetype does not exist (org.phpmaven:php5-lib-
archetype:1.0)

[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 5 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Dec 07 02:15:42 CET 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 16M/288M
[INFO]
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

So.. maven does not recognize my profile, even not after upgrading to maven 2.2…. So I did checkout the source, and compiled the stuff myself:

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svn checkout http://svn.key-tec.de/php-maven/trunk/ 
 
cd trunk/org.phpmaven.multimaster/

however, trying to build the project was not successfull because of miss-spelled directories and outdated dependencies

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 mvn clean compile install

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] FATAL ERROR
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Error building POM (may not be this project's POM).


Project ID: unknown

Reason: Could not find the model file '/home/domdorn/work/php-maven/bla/bla2/trunk/org.phpmaven.multimaster/org.phpmaven.plugin'. for project unknown


[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Trace
org.apache.maven.reactor.MavenExecutionException: Could not find the model file '/home/domdorn/work/php-maven/bla/bla2/trunk/org.phpmaven.multimaster/org.phpmaven.plugin'. for project unknown
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:404)
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:272)
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:138)
	at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:362)
	at org.apache.maven.cli.compat.CompatibleMain.main(CompatibleMain.java:60)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:315)
	at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:255)
	at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:430)
	at org.codehaus.classworlds.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:375)
Caused by: org.apache.maven.project.ProjectBuildingException: Could not find the model file '/home/domdorn/work/php-maven/bla/bla2/trunk/org.phpmaven.multimaster/org.phpmaven.plugin'. for project unknown
	at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.readModel(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1575)
	at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.buildFromSourceFileInternal(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:506)
	at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.build(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:200)
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProject(DefaultMaven.java:604)
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.collectProjects(DefaultMaven.java:487)
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.collectProjects(DefaultMaven.java:560)
	at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.getProjects(DefaultMaven.java:391)
	... 12 more
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /home/domdorn/work/php-maven/bla/bla2/trunk/org.phpmaven.multimaster/org.phpmaven.plugin (No such file or directory)
	at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
	at java.io.FileInputStream.(FileInputStream.java:106)
	at hidden.org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlReader.(XmlReader.java:124)
	at hidden.org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlStreamReader.(XmlStreamReader.java:67)
	at hidden.org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory.newXmlReader(ReaderFactory.java:118)
	at org.apache.maven.project.DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.readModel(DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java:1570)
	... 18 more
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: < 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Dec 09 19:22:46 CET 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 3M/73M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

I fixed those with two small + simple commands:

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svn mv maven-php-plugin org.phpmaven.plugin # rename directory
# replace outdated wagon-ftp dependency
for i in `find . -iname 'pom.xml' | grep -v svn`; do sed 's/1.0-20080208/1.0-beta-6/g' $i > ${i}_xx ; mv ${i}_xx $i; done

after this, a simple

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mvn install

did the trick for me.

I'm now creating new php-maven projects like this:

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mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeGroupId=org.phpmaven -DarchetypeArtifactId=php5-lib-archetype -DarchetypeVersion=1.1-SNAPSHOT -DgroupId=com.dominikdorn -DartifactId=my-example-app

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Maven Default Project
[INFO]    task-segment: [archetype:generate] (aggregator-style)
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Preparing archetype:generate
[INFO] No goals needed for project - skipping
[INFO] Setting property: classpath.resource.loader.class => 'org.codehaus.plexus.velocity.ContextClassLoaderResourceLoader'.
[INFO] Setting property: velocimacro.messages.on => 'false'.
[INFO] Setting property: resource.loader => 'classpath'.
[INFO] Setting property: resource.manager.logwhenfound => 'false'.
[INFO] [archetype:generate {execution: default-cli}]
[WARNING] No archetype repository found. Falling back to central repository (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2). 
[WARNING] Use -DarchetypeRepository= if archetype's repository is elsewhere.
[INFO] snapshot org.phpmaven:php5-lib-archetype:1.1-SNAPSHOT: checking for updates from php5-lib-archetype-repo
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/phpmaven/php5-lib-archetype/1.1-SNAPSHOT/php5-lib-archetype-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] Unable to find resource 'org.phpmaven:php5-lib-archetype:jar:1.1-SNAPSHOT' in repository php5-lib-archetype-repo (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/phpmaven/php5-lib-archetype/1.1-SNAPSHOT/php5-lib-archetype-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] Unable to find resource 'org.phpmaven:php5-lib-archetype:jar:1.1-SNAPSHOT' in repository php5-lib-archetype-repo (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/phpmaven/php5-lib-archetype/1.1-SNAPSHOT/php5-lib-archetype-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] Unable to find resource 'org.phpmaven:php5-lib-archetype:jar:1.1-SNAPSHOT' in repository php5-lib-archetype-repo (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
Define value for version: : 1.0-SNAPSHOT
Define value for package: : com.dominikdorn.php-maven-example-app
Confirm properties configuration:
groupId: com.dominikdorn
artifactId: my-example-app
version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
package: com.dominikdorn.php-maven-example-app
 Y: : Y
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/phpmaven/php5-lib-archetype/1.1-SNAPSHOT/php5-lib-archetype-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] Unable to find resource 'org.phpmaven:php5-lib-archetype:jar:1.1-SNAPSHOT' in repository php5-lib-archetype-repo (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/phpmaven/php5-lib-archetype/1.1-SNAPSHOT/php5-lib-archetype-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] Unable to find resource 'org.phpmaven:php5-lib-archetype:jar:1.1-SNAPSHOT' in repository php5-lib-archetype-repo (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
Downloading: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/phpmaven/php5-lib-archetype/1.1-SNAPSHOT/php5-lib-archetype-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
[INFO] Unable to find resource 'org.phpmaven:php5-lib-archetype:jar:1.1-SNAPSHOT' in repository php5-lib-archetype-repo (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2)
[WARNING] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = archetype-resources/src/test/php/apptest.php [line 6,column 9] : $app is not a valid reference.
[WARNING] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = archetype-resources/src/test/php/apptest.php [line 7,column 9] : $this- is not a valid reference.
[WARNING] org.apache.velocity.runtime.exception.ReferenceException: reference : template = archetype-resources/src/test/php/apptest.php [line 7,column 42] : $app- is not a valid reference.
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 29 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Dec 09 19:54:29 CET 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 15M/166M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

It still does not find the dependencies, but at least it creates my project.

after fixing a issue with the auto-generated php-unit test, I can package my lib with this

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mvn clean compile package

[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Building Sample PHP 5 library project
[INFO]    task-segment: [clean, compile, package]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] [clean:clean {execution: default-clean}]
[INFO] Deleting directory /tmp/test/test3/my-example-app/target
[INFO] [plugin:descriptor {execution: default-descriptor}]
[INFO] [resources:resources {execution: default-resources}]
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /tmp/test/test3/my-example-app/src/main/resources
[INFO] [php:php-validate {execution: default-php-validate}]
[INFO] [plugin:descriptor {execution: default-descriptor}]
[INFO] [resources:resources {execution: default-resources}]
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /tmp/test/test3/my-example-app/src/main/resources
[INFO] [php:php-validate {execution: default-php-validate}]
[INFO] [resources:testResources {execution: default-testResources}]
[WARNING] Using platform encoding (UTF-8 actually) to copy filtered resources, i.e. build is platform dependent!
[INFO] skip non existing resourceDirectory /tmp/test/test3/my-example-app/src/test/resources
[INFO] [php:phpunit {execution: default-phpunit}]
[INFO] Surefire report directory: /tmp/test/test3/my-example-app/target/surefire-reports

-------------------------------------------------------
T E S T S
-------------------------------------------------------
apptest.php
Running AppTest
Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Time elapsed: 0.001249

Results :

Tests run: 1, Failures: 0, Errors: 0

[INFO] [jar:jar {execution: default-jar}]
[INFO] Building jar: /tmp/test/test3/my-example-app/target/my-example-app-1.0.jar
[INFO] [plugin:addPluginArtifactMetadata {execution: default-addPluginArtifactMetadata}]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESSFUL
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 4 seconds
[INFO] Finished at: Wed Dec 09 20:04:51 CET 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 27M/294M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm in contact with Christian Widemann from Key-Tec to resolve the outstanding problems.