Composer has triggered a renaissance in the PHP community, it has changed the way we deal with other people’s code and it has changed the way we share our code. We are all slowly moving to using Composer, from Wordpress to Joomla and Drupal and frameworks in between. But many of us mistreat composer, follow outdated practices or simply lack a few tricks. In this session i’ll get you the low down on how to use composer the right way.

1. Composer
the right way
@rdohms
Rafael Dohms

2. photo: smileymanwithahat

5. photo: Rob Allen

6. photo: 18millionpixels

7. Library Publisher
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8. Library Publisher
Library Consumer
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9. Library Publisher
Library
Library Consumer
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10. Library Publisher
Library
Library Consumer
Packagist
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12. {
"require": {
"monolog/monolog": “2.0”
}
}
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13. {
"require": {
"monolog/monolog": “2.0”
}
}
{
"name": “monolog/monolog”
...
}
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14. {
"require": {
"monolog/monolog": “2.0”
}
}
{
"name": “monolog/monolog”
...
}
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
Problem 1
- The requested package monolog/monolog could not be found in any version, there may be a typo in the package name.
Potential causes:
- A typo in the package name
- The package is not available in a stable-enough version according to your minimum-stability setting
see <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/composer-dev/_g3ASeIFlrc/discussion> for more details.
Read <http://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md> for further common problems.
Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.
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15. {
"require": {
"monolog/monolog": “2.0”
}
}
{
"name": “monolog/monolog”
...
}
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
Problem 1
- The requested package monolog/monolog could not be found in any version, there may be a typo in the package name.
Potential causes:
- A typo in the package name
- The package is not available in a stable-enough version according to your minimum-stability setting
see <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/composer-dev/_g3ASeIFlrc/discussion> for more details.
Read <http://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md> for further common problems.
Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.
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~1.1
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16. {
"require": {
"monolog/monolog": “2.0”
}
}
{
"name": “monolog/monolog”
...
}
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
Problem 1
- The requested package monolog/monolog could not be found in any version, there may be a typo in the package name.
Potential causes:
- A typo in the package name
- The package is not available in a stable-enough version according to your minimum-stability setting
see <https://groups.google.com/d/topic/composer-dev/_g3ASeIFlrc/discussion> for more details.
Read <http://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md> for further common problems.
Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
- Installing psr/log (1.0.0)
Loading from cache
- Installing monolog/monolog (1.11.0)
Downloading: 100%
monolog/monolog suggests installing graylog2/gelf-php (Allow sending log messages to a GrayLog2 server)
[...]
monolog/monolog suggests installing ext-mongo (Allow sending log messages to a MongoDB server)
monolog/monolog suggests installing aws/aws-sdk-php (Allow sending log messages to AWS services like DynamoDB)
monolog/monolog suggests installing rollbar/rollbar (Allow sending log messages to Rollbar)
Writing lock file
Generating autoload files
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17. composer

18. composercomposer.json!

19. composercomposer.json!
composer.lock!

20. composercomposer.json!
composer.lock!

21. discovery Packagist
"
composercomposer.json!
composer.lock!

22. discovery sourcePackagist
"
Repository
#
composercomposer.json!
composer.lock!

23. discovery source
installation
Packagist
"
Vendor
Folder
$
Repository
#
composercomposer.json!
composer.lock!

24. 2 139 872 458

25. 2 139 872 458+

26. 2 139 872 458
two billion, one hundred and thirty-nine million,
eight hundred and seventy-two thousand, four
hundred and fifty-eight .
+

28. $ composer self-update
Production
$ composer self-update --snapshot
Development
$ composer self-update --preview
CI / Build

29. $ composer init
Library Publisher

30. $ composer init
Library Publisher
$ composer require <vendor>/<package>
Library Consumer

31. Install instructions

32. Install instructions
1. Edit your composer.json

33. Install instructions
1. Edit your composer.json
2. Add `package/vendor`

34. Install instructions
1. Edit your composer.json
2. Add `package/vendor`
3. Run `composer update`

35. Install instructions
1. Edit your composer.json
2. Add `package/vendor`
3. Run `composer update`
or was that install? err… i can’t remember.

37. $ composer require monolog/monolog
Tip

38. $ composer require monolog/monolog
Tip
Using version ^1.11 for monolog/monolog

39. $ composer require monolog/monolog --sort-packages
Tip

40. $ composer remove monolog/monolog
Tip

41. Library Publishers
Composer for

42. Library Publisher Unique vendor names
vendor / package

43. Library Publisher Unique vendor names
pick your own
unique vendor

44. Library Publisher Unique vendor names
or join a collective

45. README!
CHANGELOG%
LICENSE&
Library Publisher What’s in your library?

46. README!
CHANGELOG%
LICENSE&
Library Publisher What’s in your library?
' What problem does it solve?
' Usage examples
' Install instructions
' How can I contribute?

47. README!
CHANGELOG%
LICENSE&
Library Publisher What’s in your library?
' List relevant changes
' Make BC breaks prominent
' Show examples of how to upgrade
' What problem does it solve?
' Usage examples
' Install instructions
' How can I contribute?

48. README!
CHANGELOG%
LICENSE&
Library Publisher What’s in your library?
' List relevant changes
' Make BC breaks prominent
' Show examples of how to upgrade
' Pick one that reflects your values
' choosealicense.com can help
' What problem does it solve?
' Usage examples
' Install instructions
' How can I contribute?

49. Library Publisher Semantic Versioning
1 . 2 3.major minor patch

50. Library Publisher Semantic Versioning
1 . 2 3.major minor patch
Bug Fixes

51. Library Publisher Semantic Versioning
1 . 2 3.major minor patch
New Features Bug Fixes

52. Library Publisher Semantic Versioning
1 . 2 3.major minor patch
API / BC
Breaks
New Features Bug Fixes

53. Library Publisher Tagging
Please, tag your
releases.

54. Library Publisher Tagging
Please, tag your
releases.
often!

55. Library Publisher “I'm out"
photo: nickwebb

56. Library Publisher “I'm out"

57. Library Publisher “I'm out"
Click here and provide an alternative

58. Library Publisher “I'm out"

59. Pick the
correct
version
Library Publisher Pick a Version

60. *the asterisk
Library Publisher Pick a Version

61. *the asterisk○Library Publisher Pick a Version

62. ~the tilde
Library Publisher Pick a Version

63. ~1.2
>=1.2.0, <2.0.0
Library Publisher Pick a Version

64. ~1.2
>=1.2.0, <2.0.0
Library Publisher Pick a Version
)

65. ~1.2.3
>=1.2.3, <1.3
Library Publisher Pick a Version

66. ~1.2.3
>=1.2.3, <1.3
Library Publisher Pick a Version
)

67. Yo @rdohms, I’m
really happy for you and
I’m gonna let you finish, but
the tilde operator is
totally old news.

68. ^the caret
Library Publisher Pick a Version

69. 1.2.3
>=1.2.3, <2.0.0
Library Publisher Pick a Version
^

70. 1.2.3
>=1.2.3, <2.0.0
Library Publisher Pick a Version
)
^
)

71. 0.3.0
>=0.3.0, <0.4.0
Library Publisher Pick a Version
^

72. 0.3.0
>=0.3.0, <0.4.0
Library Publisher Pick a Version
^
)

73. 0.3.0
>=0.3.0, <0.4.0
Library Publisher Pick a Version
^
)
Major Version Zero

74. "require": {
"zendframework/zend-stdlib": “2.1.*”,
"zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "2.1.*",
},
“require-dev": {
“phpunit/phpunit": “~3.7”
}
Library Publisher Pick a Version
"require": {
"zendframework/zend-stdlib": “^2.3”,
"zendframework/zend-servicemanager": “^2.3",
},
“require-dev": {
“phpunit/phpunit": “~4”
}
3rd party library
Your application

75. "require": {
"zendframework/zend-stdlib": “2.1.*”,
"zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "2.1.*",
},
“require-dev": {
“phpunit/phpunit": “~3.7”
}
Library Publisher Pick a Version
"require": {
"zendframework/zend-stdlib": “^2.3”,
"zendframework/zend-servicemanager": “^2.3",
},
“require-dev": {
“phpunit/phpunit": “~4”
}
3rd party library
Your application
*

76. "require": {
"zendframework/zend-stdlib": “2.1.*”,
"zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "2.1.*",
},
“require-dev": {
“phpunit/phpunit": “~3.7”
}
Library Publisher Pick a Version
"require": {
"zendframework/zend-stdlib": “^2.3”,
"zendframework/zend-servicemanager": “^2.3",
},
“require-dev": {
“phpunit/phpunit": “~4”
}
3rd party library
Your application
*

77. "require": {
"zendframework/zend-stdlib": “2.1.*”,
"zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "2.1.*",
},
“require-dev": {
“phpunit/phpunit": “~3.7”
}
Library Publisher Pick a Version
"require": {
"zendframework/zend-stdlib": “^2.3”,
"zendframework/zend-servicemanager": “^2.3",
},
“require-dev": {
“phpunit/phpunit": “~4”
}
3rd party library
Your application
*
^2.1

78. Library Consumers
Composer for

79. Library Consumer Install or update?
install or update?

80. Library Consumer Install or update?
Make sure you have
installed the last
updates from other
developers.
?
install updateor

81. Library Consumer Install or update?
Make sure you have
installed the last
updates from other
developers.
?
install updateor

82. Library Consumer Install or update?
Deploying a new
release of your
application to
production.
?
install updateor

83. Library Consumer Install or update?
Deploying a new
release of your
application to
production.
?
install updateor

84. Library Consumer Install or update?
Checked out a new
project and want to
start coding.
?
install updateor

85. Library Consumer Install or update?
Checked out a new
project and want to
start coding.
?
install updateor

86. Library Consumer Install or update?
Grab new versions for
the dependencies of
your project.
?
install updateor

87. Library Consumer Install or update?
Grab new versions for
the dependencies of
your project.
?
install updateor

88. Your application
$
Public
Repository
#
Library Consumer Install or update?
composer.lock!
composer install
composer update

89. Your application
$
Public
Repository
#
Library Consumer Install or update?
composer.lock!
read
composer install
composer update

90. Your application
$
Public
Repository
#
Library Consumer Install or update?
composer.lock!
read grab version
composer install
composer update

91. Your application
$
Public
Repository
#
Library Consumer Install or update?
composer.lock!
read grab version
check latest compatible release
composer install
composer update

92. Your application
$
Public
Repository
#
Library Consumer Install or update?
composer.lock!
read grab version
check latest compatible release
update
composer install
composer update

93. Your application
$
Public
Repository
#
Library Consumer Install or update?
composer.lock!
read grab version
check latest compatible release
update
composer install
composer update
no lock file? composer update

94. Library Consumer Install or update?
commit your lock file*

95. Library Consumer Install or update?
commit your lock file*
* always! ignore what Marco says.

96. Library Consumer Install or update?
commit your lock file*
* always! ignore what Marco says.
** we will discuss that over beer.

97. Tip
since beta1

98. $ composer update —interactive (-i)
Tip
since beta1

99. Pick the
correct
version
Library Consumer Version Selection

100. Library Consumer Version Selection
dev-master

101. Library Consumer Version Selection

102. Library Consumer Version Selection

103. Tip
since beta1

104. $ composer why-not <package>
doctrine/doctrine-bundle 1.6.2 requires symfony/framework-bundle (~2.3|~3.0)
doctrine/doctrine-cache-bundle 1.3.0 requires symfony/doctrine-bridge (~2.2|~3.0)
doctrine/doctrine-fixtures-bundle 2.3.0 requires symfony/doctrine-bridge (~2.3|~3.0)
doctrine/doctrine-migrations-bundle dev-master requires symfony/framework-bundle (~2.3|~3.0)
doctrine/migrations dev-master requires symfony/yaml (~2.3|~3.0)
doctrine/orm v2.5.4 requires symfony/console (~2.5|~3.0)
friendsofsymfony/rest-bundle 1.7.7 requires symfony/http-kernel (^2.3.24|~3.0)
incenteev/composer-parameter-handler v2.1.2 requires symfony/yaml (~2.3|~3.0)
jms/serializer-bundle 1.1.0 requires symfony/framework-bundle (~2.3|~3.0)
knplabs/knp-paginator-bundle 2.5.1 requires symfony/framework-bundle (~2.3|~3.0)
kriswallsmith/assetic v1.3.2 requires symfony/process (~2.1|~3.0)
Tip
since beta1

105. $ composer outdated
composer/composer 1.0.3 1.1.0
filp/whoops 2.1.0 2.1.2
justinrainbow/json-schema 1.6.1 2.0.3
nikic/fast-route v0.7.0 v1.0.0
oscarotero/psr7-middlewares v3.14.3 v3.15.1
Tip

106. Library Consumer Using forks
found a bug?

107. Library Consumer Using forks
$ composer install --prefer-source
Tip

108. Library Consumer Using forks

109. Library Consumer Using forks
patch it,

110. Library Consumer Using forks
patch it,
fork it,

111. Library Consumer Using forks
patch it,
fork it,
push it…

112. Library Consumer Using forks
patch it,
fork it,
push it…
wait for it.

113. Library Consumer Using forks
patch it,
fork it,
push it…
wait for it.

114. Library Consumer Using forks
symfony/symfony

115. Library Consumer Using forks
symfony/symfony
rdohms/symfony

116. Library Consumer Using forks
symfony/symfony
rdohms/symfony
"repositories": [
{
"type": "vcs",
"url": "https://github.com/rdohms/symfony"
}
]

117. Library Consumer Using forks
symfony/symfony
rdohms/symfony
"repositories": [
{
"type": "vcs",
"url": "https://github.com/rdohms/symfony"
}
]
+

118. Library Consumer Using forks
Do not put
forked repositories
on packagist
,

119. Library Consumer Using forks
"require": {
"symfony/symfony": "dev-my-patch as 2.5.0"
}
Tip

120. Library Consumer Composer and deployments
Composer
and
production

121. Library Consumer Composer and deployments
$ composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
,

122. Library Consumer Composer and deployments
$ composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
,

123. Library Consumer Composer and deployments
$ composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
,
- Install same versions
- Uses information defined in the composer.lock file

124. $ composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Library Consumer Composer and deployments
,

125. $ composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Library Consumer Composer and deployments
,
- Downloads distribution packages
- Can use local cache for previously downloaded
- No git required

126. $ composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Library Consumer Composer and deployments
,

127. $ composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Library Consumer Composer and deployments
,
- Avoids download unnecessary developer libraries

128. $ composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Library Consumer Composer and deployments
,

129. $ composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Library Consumer Composer and deployments
,
- Generates classmap from PSR-0/4 autoloaders
- Speeds up autoloading

130. Library Consumer Licensing
$ composer licenses
Name: __root__
Version: 1.0.0
Licenses: none
Dependencies:
doctrine/annotations v1.2.1 MIT
doctrine/cache v1.3.1 MIT
doctrine/collections v1.2 MIT
doctrine/common v2.4.2 MIT
doctrine/inflector v1.0 MIT
doctrine/lexer v1.0 MIT
psr/log 1.0.0 MIT
symfony/symfony v2.5.6 MIT
twig/twig v1.16.2 BSD-3-Clause
Tip

131. Library Consumer Simulating Environments
Tip
Production
Server
.
Development
Server
.

132. Library Consumer Simulating Environments
Tip
Production
Server
.
Development
Server
.PHP
7.0
PHP
5.6

133. Library Consumer Simulating Environments
"config": {
"platform": {
"php": “5.6.2”,
“ext-mongodb”: “1.1”
}
},
Tip
Production
Server
.
Development
Server
.PHP
7.0
PHP
5.6

134. Library Consumer Simulating Environments
$ composer install —-ignore-platform-reqs
Tip

135. Library Consumer Private Packages and Proxy
Satis and Toran

136. composer Packagist
"
Your application
$
Public
Repository
#
Library Consumer Private Packages and Proxy

137. composer
Packagist
"
Your application
$
Public
Repository
#
Satis / Toran
"
Private
Repository
/
proxy
Library Consumer Private Packages and Proxy

138. Library Consumer Private Packages and Proxy
toranproxy.com
private repos, automatic packagist proxy
and support composer development

139. Library Consumer Tooling
$ composer require jquery/jquery
How many of you?

140. Library Consumer Tooling

141. Library Consumer Tooling

142. Javascript only Developer
Library Consumer Tooling
0 my-js-library
1

143. Javascript only Developer
Library Consumer Tooling
0 my-js-library
! package.json
1

144. Javascript only Developer
Library Consumer Tooling
0 my-js-library
! package.json
! bower.json
1

145. Javascript only Developer
Library Consumer Tooling
0 my-js-library
! composer.json
! package.json
! bower.json
1

146. Javascript only Developer
Library Consumer Tooling
0 my-js-library
! composer.json
! package.json
! bower.json
! .gemspec
1

147. Javascript only Developer
Library Consumer Tooling
0 my-js-library
! composer.json
! package.json
! bower.json
! .gemspec
1
2
2

148. Library Consumer Tooling

149. Library Consumer Tooling
Right tool.
Right job.

150. Library Consumer One last thing
One last thing…

151. Library Consumer pickle!

152. Library Consumer pickle!
$ pickle install memcache
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/pickle
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/pickle

153. Thank you.
https://joind.in/talk/cc531

154. Thank you.any questions?
3 http://slides.doh.ms
4 http://doh.ms
5 @rdohms
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