Composer Cheat Sheet

Installation Configuration
Command Description
Download Composer from [Link] and follow the instructions.
composer config sort-packages true Sort packages in [Link] alphabetically
Enable bash autocompletion:

composer completion bash | sudo tee /etc/bash_completion.d/composer Authentication

Command Description
Installing dependencies composer config --global Authenticate with GitHub using a personal access
Command Description [Link] <token> token

composer install Install dependencies from [Link] composer config --global

Authenticate with Private Packagist using a
[Link]
composer install --no-dev Install without development dependencies username and password
<username> <password>

Managing dependencies Dependency analysis

Command Description Command Description
Add a new dependency to [Link] and composer show List all installed dependencies
composer require <package>
install it
composer show <package> Display detailed information about a package
composer require <package>:<version> Require a specific version of a dependency
composer outdated List dependencies that are outdated
Add a new development dependency to
composer require --dev <package> Check for known security vulnerabilities in
[Link] and install it composer audit
dependencies
Update all dependencies to their latest installable
composer update composer licenses List all licenses of installed dependencies
versions
composer update <package> Update a dependency to its latest installable version
Update all dependencies of a vendor to their latest Creating new Composer projects
composer update <vendor>/*
versions Command Description
Remove a dependency from [Link] and Create a [Link] file in the current
composer remove <package> composer init
uninstall directory
composer create-project <package> Create a new project from a package
Global dependencies
Command Description Other commands
Add a new global dependency to [Link] Command Description
composer global require <package>
and install it
composer --version Show the current Composer version
composer global update Update all global dependencies
composer self-update Update Composer to the latest version

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 Version constraints Repositories
Constraint Description Command Description
1.0.2 Exactly version 1.0.2 composer config [Link] Add a new repository named foo with the given URL
composer <url> as a Composer repository
>=1.0.2 Version 1.0.2 or higher
composer config [Link] vcs Add a new repository named foo with the given URL
>=1.0.2 <1.1.0 Version 1.0.2 or higher but lower than 1.1.0 <url> as a VCS repository
Version 1.0.2 or higher but lower than 1.1.0 or composer config [Link] vcs Add a new GitHub repository named foo/bar as a
>=1.0.2 <1.1.0 || >=1.2.0
version 1.2.0 or higher git@[Link]:foo/[Link] VCS repository
1.0 - 2.0 Version 1.0 to 2.0 (including 1.0 and 2.0) composer config [Link] path Add a new repository named foo with the given
1.0.* Version 1.0 with any patch version <path> path as a path repository

~1.2 Version 1.2 or higher but lower than 2.0

~1.2.3 Version 1.2.3 or higher but lower than 1.3
^1.2 Version 1.2 or higher but lower than 2.0
^1.2.3 Version 1.2.3 or higher but lower than 2.0

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