When using Composer it might be very slow. Even simple commands like
composer init
or
composer install
as well as
composer create-project
are taking up to 30 minutes to run. During this time they may seem stuck, as the default behavior of composer is to not print to the console.
1. Enable verbose command execution
You can enable verbose command execution for your current command by adding the argument
-vvv
to your command.
Now you should see all the network calls composer is doing. If you see that downloading very small files from packagist.org takes quite long (> 5 minutes for a 20kB file) proceed with step two.
2. Set the connection to packagist.org to HTTPS
In case network calls using HTTP take very long you should switch the connection settings of packagist.org to HTTPS in the configuration of composer.
Execute the following command.
composer config --global repo.packagist composer https://packagist.org
Composer should now be way faster, you can try it by running your initial command in verbose mode again.