Composer Best Practices 2025 (🇺🇸)

From fundamental concepts to advanced techniques, I’ll share what every PHP developer should know about Composer in 2025. We’ll cover anything from semver constraints over composer.lock conflict resolution, monorepo strategies, to recommended deployment workflows. Learn essential security tips, time-saving commands, precisely targetting updates and how to fork dependencies.

Whether you’re managing complex dependencies or deploying a basic PHP app, these battle-tested practices will enhance your Composer expertise.