Composer notes

composer init – to create composer.json (not needed if you just run composer require {package}

composer dump-autoload – to regenerate namespaces in dependencies list (if composer.json is modified)

composer dump-autoload -o – generates optimised autoloading. Not actually needed in development.

Working with composer

Commit composer.lock but run composer update locally, composer install on server (ref).

• Composer version syntax – also in official docs

composer outdated – checks if all packages are up to date
composer update – updates (installs) all outdated packages based on packagist.org.
composer install – installs packages based on composer.lock file

Version notation – Caret, Tilde, or Asterisk?

PHP version

Changing php version in Zone.

• mkdir -p ~/bin && ln -sf /usr/bin/php74-cli ~/bin/php
• mkdir -p ~/bin && ln -sf /usr/bin/php80-cli ~/bin/php