Vardchives

Description ​

Everyday Composer commands for adding, installing, removing, and updating PHP dependencies.

Install Packages ​

bash
composer require vendor/package
composer require vendor/package --dev

Install Packages from Config ​

bash
composer install
composer install --dry-run

Remove Packages ​

bash
composer remove vendor/package

Update Packages ​

bash
composer update
composer update --with-dependencies
composer update vendor/package

Update Global ​

bash
composer global update

Notes ​

composer install reads composer.lock and installs the exact pinned versions; composer update resolves fresh versions and rewrites the lock file. Use install on deploys.