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Using your own forked version of extensions with composer

Created 10 years ago by Kartik V, updated 9 years ago by Kartik V.

So you want to use a fork of any existing vendor extension with your Yii 2 install and use the fork, instead of original source. This does not need you to push any update or register your package on packagist.org. You are recommended to follow the approach below:

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Install specific Yii2 vendor extension & dependency without updating other packages.

Created 10 years ago by Kartik V, updated 10 years ago by Kartik V.

The tips here are for advanced usages of composer and its assumed you have read about using composer and have a knowledge of your vendor packages to be updated. Let's consider, you want to update only one specific yii2 vendor library, without updating all the other extension packages?

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Locking your Yii 2 project package versions with composer.lock

Created 10 years ago by Kartik V, updated 10 years ago by Kartik V.

Ok, you have installed a Yii 2 basic or advanced app for the first time and completed the post install steps. You have picked up a few extensions to install for the first time as well. You would already see a composer.lock file in your application root folder.

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What to do when composer fails to update your vendor packages?

Created 10 years ago by Kartik V, updated 10 years ago by Kartik V.
  • Running a composer update does not fetch any new packages (even though the source is updated)
  • A specific vendor package never gets updated
  • Facing on and off problems when fetching packages while performing composer update.
  • You ran a composer update earlier, but it was partially done, before you lost network connectivity, and you cannot refresh packages anymore.
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Version: 2.0
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