Composer is the dependency manager for PHP and you are on a one-page-only documentation for this tool. Official documentation is on the official website, this page just brings you the essential.
This is an interactive guide for exploring various important properties of the
composer.json file: hover over any property of the example below to
see its documentation.
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ composer require <package>$ composer install$ composer update <package>$ composer update --lock$ composer dump-autoload --optimize
$ composer about$ composer archive$ composer audit$ composer browse$ composer bump$ composer check-platform-reqs$ composer clear-cache$ composer config <option>$ composer create-project <package> <directory>$ composer depends <package>$ composer diagnose$ composer exec <binary>$ composer fund$ composer global$ composer help$ composer info$ composer init$ composer licenses$ composer list$ composer outdated$ composer policy <package>$ composer prohibits <package>$ composer remove <package>$ composer reinstall <package>$ composer repo add <name> <type> <url>$ composer run-script <script>$ composer search <keywords>$ composer self-update$ composer show$ composer status$ composer suggests$ composer validate
Hover over a command to see its documentation.