We can also search for more than one term by passing multiple arguments

composer search keyword1 keyword2

The

install

command reads the

composer.json

file from the current directory, resolves the dependencies, and installs them into

vendor

composer install  /  composer i

If

composer.lock

file exists, installs exactly what's specified in this file Otherwise 1. Reads

composer.json

file to look out what dependencies needs to be installed 2. Writes the composer.lock with the information of the project (installed dependencies)

Installs the latest

minor

and

patch

versions of the package but

major

will be the specified version

composer require "vendor/package:2.*"

Removes several packages at the same time

composer remove vendor/package vendor/package2

Updates all packages and writes the exact versions into

composer.lock

composer update

1. The composer.lock file will be ignored 2.

composer.json

file dependencies will be installed and updated (if a dependency is not installed it will be downloaded)

Creates new project called

projectname

based on

laravel/laravel

package

composer create-project laravel/laravel projectname

Shows available commands that we can execute

composer

The

remove

command removes packages from

vendor

and

composer.json

file

composer remove vendor/package

Installs the latest version of the specified package

composer require phpunit/phpunit

If we want to downgrade a package to a specific version without changing our

composer.json

we can use --with and provide a custom version

composer update --with vendor/package:2.0.1