adachsoft/composer-editor

composer-editor

v0.1.0 2026-05-24 08:40 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.3
• adachsoft/collection: ^3.0
• adachsoft/composer-json-fixer: ^0.5

Requires (Dev)

• adachsoft/php-code-style: ^0.5
• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.95
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.1
• phpunit/phpunit: ^13.1
• rector/rector: ^2.4
• symplify/phpstan-rules: ^14.9

MIT

• Arkadiusz Adach

README

A PHP library for programmatic reading and editing of composer.json files while preserving formatting and indentation. Provides a clean facade + builder pattern with integration to adachsoft/composer-json-fixer for robust JSON handling.

Requirements

• PHP: 8.3 or higher
• Dependencies:
  • adachsoft/composer-json-fixer - JSON parsing and formatting
  • adachsoft/collection - immutable collections
• Development tools (configured via adachsoft/php-code-style):
  • PHPUnit
  • PHPStan
  • Rector
  • PHP-CS-Fixer

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require adachsoft/composer-editor

Development tools are automatically configured through adachsoft/php-code-style.

Basic usage

use AdachSoft\ComposerEditor\PublicApi\ComposerEditorBuilder;

$builder = new ComposerEditorBuilder();

// Load existing composer.json
$editor = $builder->load('composer.json');

// Edit fields
$editor->setDescription('My awesome package');
$editor->addRequire('symfony/console', '^6.0');
$editor->addKeyword('php');

// Save changes
$editor->save();

// Create new composer.json from scratch
$dto = new CreateComposerJsonDto(
    'vendor/package',
    'Description goes here'
);
$newEditor = $builder->create('composer.json', $dto);
$newEditor->save();

Quality tools

Run quality checks using Composer scripts:

composer cs:check   # PHP-CS-Fixer (check)
composer cs:fix     # PHP-CS-Fixer (fix)
composer stan       # PHPStan analysis
composer rector     # Rector code style

License

MIT