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composer

A Dependency Manager for PHP.

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List of commands for composer:

  • composer:init Creates a basic composer.json file in current directory.
    $ composer init
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  • composer:packages:install Install all packages depending on the the package.lock file
    $ composer install
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  • composer:packages:show How to show all installed composer packages
    $ composer show --format=json
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  • composer:packages:update Update all packages according to the current system
    $ composer update
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  • composer:packages:update:single Update a single composer package
    $ composer update ${package}
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  • composer:tldr:3498b composer: Update composer to its latest version.
    $ composer self-update
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  • composer:tldr:97345 composer: Uninstall a package from this project, removing it as a dependency from `composer.json`.
    $ composer remove ${user-package_name}
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  • composer:tldr:9d9e7 composer: Update composer lock only after updating `composer.json` manually.
    $ composer update --lock
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  • composer:tldr:ac0f9 composer: Add a package as a dependency for this project, adding it to `composer.json`.
    $ composer require ${user-package_name}
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  • composer:tldr:e2e0f composer: Learn more about why a dependency can't be installed.
    $ composer why-not ${user-package_name}
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  • doctrine:install Add doctrine library to your PHP project
    $ composer require doctrine/orm
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  • laminas:install Install the Laminas CLI tools
    $ composer global require laminas/laminas-cli
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  • php:code-beautifier-and-fixer:install:dev Install "PHP Code Beautifier and Fixer" from a Composer package as a dev dependency
    $ composer require --dev squizlabs/php_codesniffer
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