Category: PHP

This is a common question that asked by newbie PHP devs. composer update will update your dependencies as they are specified in composer.json For example, if you require this package as a dependency: and you have actually installed the 6.3.1 version of this package, running composer update will cause an upgrade of this package (for example to 6.3.2, if it's already been released) in detail composer update will: composer installcomposer install will not update anything; it will just install all the dependencies as specified in the composer.lock file In detail: When to install and when to update

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