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narrow egret May 10, 2022, 5:08 PM

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Hello! What is the exact commend you're using to install stripe? and what package does it say you're currently using?

trail monolith May 10, 2022, 5:09 PM

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sudo yum install -y stripe/stripe-cli/stripe

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it is on Centos 7

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Then I updated with sudo update -y stripe/stripe-cli/stripe

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But it said no newer packages available

narrow egret May 10, 2022, 5:12 PM

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That's because you're installing the Stripe CLI, not our Stripe PHP library. You either need to be using composer (see https://github.com/stripe/stripe-php#composer) or install it manually (https://github.com/stripe/stripe-php#manual-installation)

trail monolith May 10, 2022, 5:13 PM

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yeah, but you have to install stripe on your server

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https://stripe.com/docs/stripe-cli

narrow egret May 10, 2022, 5:13 PM

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You don't need to install the Stripe CLI to have a working integration - the CLI is mostly for testing

trail monolith May 10, 2022, 5:13 PM

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Is taht incorrect inforamtion?

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This is the main problem. Your documentation is horrible

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for stripe

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They need to be more clear on stuff like this.

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I did use composer

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so now what?

narrow egret May 10, 2022, 5:15 PM

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I'm sorry it's been hard for you to navigate our docs - we do have a quickstart that walks through the steps to get started including installing the library

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https://stripe.com/docs/development/quickstart

trail monolith May 10, 2022, 5:16 PM

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even the quick start sucks

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it shows an example php script

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but it is not complete

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I know you are going to have to call autoload.php

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but the quick start doesn't show that

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it is just all bits and pieces that you have to figure out by guessing

narrow egret May 10, 2022, 5:17 PM

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It calls out that you need require_once('vendor/autoload.php'); in the link I shared with you earlier - https://github.com/stripe/stripe-php#composer

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Our documentation makes the assumption that you have development experience, so most of the guidance is focused on how to actually use specific products/parts of our API.

trail monolith May 10, 2022, 5:19 PM

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I have been a programmer for 23 years, that is just a lame excuse

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I followed the instructions, it states to run: composer require stripe/stripe-php

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which i did

rough wharf May 10, 2022, 5:23 PM

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There's nothing lame about what my colleague said, it's fairly explicit

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Now that we covered how to install the PHP library either via Composer or manually, what's the next question you have?

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trail monolith May 10, 2022, 5:24 PM

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I already installed it. that is the point, it doesn't work

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But apparently this will be fixed by insults

rough wharf May 10, 2022, 5:26 PM

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There's no insult though, we've been cordial, we're explaining that our docs don't cover installing a library as we assume this is something the developer is already familiar with

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Focusing on the exact issue/error you are getting would be a lot easier. What exact is not working? Is this failing when you require the library itself?

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cc @trail monolith

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