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bookin/composer-api
===================

Pack of functions for interfacing with composer

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This is a pack of functions for interfacing with composer
=========================================================

[](#this-is-a-pack-of-functions-for-interfacing-with-composer)

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

To install, either run

```
$ php composer.phar require bookin/composer-api "@dev"

```

or add

```
"bookin/composer-api": "@dev"

```

to the `require` section of your `composer.json` file.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Initialization

```
$composer = Composer::getInstance('path/to/root/composer.json', 'path/to/root');

```

Returns Composer\\Composer object

```
$composer::getComposer();

```

Returns array with PackageInterface objects (array withh all installed packages, without bower, npm, etc from `fxp/composer-asset-plugin`)

```
$composer::getLocalPackages();

```

Find package by full name and version

```
$composer::findPackage($name, $version);

```

Find package by string

```
$composer::searchPackage($query);

```

Update package by name or all packages with [console options](https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#update)

```
$composer::updatePackage($name, $options);
$composer::updateAllPackages($options);

```

Delete package by name or all packages with [console options](https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#remove)

```
$composer::deletePackage($name, $options);
$composer::deleteAllPackages($options);

```

Run any composer [commands](https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md)

```
$composer::runCommand($command, $options);

```

\###Example

You can see the work of the component on the example of yii2 module - [bookin/yii2-composer-gui](https://github.com/bookin/yii2-composer-gui)

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e42ca3ca9dd9b6a27b809ff12add877756d868499929dbf3ec15bc6564bdd0a0?d=identicon)[bookin](/maintainers/bookin)

---

Top Contributors

[![bookin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/537882?v=4)](https://github.com/bookin "bookin (10 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/bookin-composer-api/health.svg)

```
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```

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