Composer 101
Basic composer commands
Composer is the dependency manager for PHP. Use packagist.org to search for packages.
Here the basic commands for composer:
Start new php project:
composer init
Install a new packages with:
composer require packageName
Get the latest version
composer update
Uninstall packages:
composer remove packageName
Search packages
composer search packageName
Shows a list of installed packages that need to be updated:
composer outdated
You should always run the validate command before you commit your composer.json file, and before you tag a release.
composer validate
CLI documentation here.