check composer version code example

Example 1: check composer php version

composer -vvv about

Example 2: upgrade composer version

composer self-update

Example 3: install composer mac

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar install
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
open -e  ~/.zshrc
// or open -e  ~/.bash_profile
alias composer="php /usr/local/bin/composer"

Example 4: composer check package version

composer show package/name

Example 5: upgrading composer globally on windows

php composer.phar self-update

Example 6: install composer mac

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === 'e0012edf3e80b6978849f5eff0d4b4e4c79ff1609dd1e613307e16318854d24ae64f26d17af3ef0bf7cfb710ca74755a') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"