jean85/pretty-package-versions 2.0.5

The Jean85/Pretty-Package-Versions is a smart, independent wrapper designed for retrieving eloquent version strings of your dependencies. It's a highly valuable tool for developers, streamlining the way they track and view different versions of their installed dependencies. Furthermore, this package provides a smooth upgrade path, enabling users to obtain pretty versions without restricting them to any specific Composer version.

To use Jean85/Pretty-Package-Versions, you must first install it using Composer. You can do this from the CLI using the command composer require 'jean85/pretty-package-versions:^1.5 || ^2.0'. Alternatively, you can add this directly to your composer.json file:

{
    "require": {
        "jean85/pretty-package-versions": "^1.5 || ^2.0"
    }
}

Once installed, you can utilize the package through the Jean85\PrettyVersions class. This class provides a single method returning a Jean85\Version object for the requested package.

Here is a simple usage example:

use Jean85\PrettyVersions;

$version = PrettyVersions::getVersion('phpunit/phpunit');
echo $version->getPrettyVersion(); // Example Output: '6.0.0'

This package also provides several other useful methods to get specific version information, like getShortVersion(), getReference(), getShortReference(), getVersionWithShortReference(), and others.

The comprehensive documentation and related details for the jean85/pretty-package-versions can be found directly on its GitHub page. This includes installation instructions, a compatibility chart, complete usage instructions including code examples, and more. Visit the Jean85/Pretty-Package-Versions GitHub page to access all of these resources and further understand how to optimally leverage this highly useful package.