Allow you to display update/upgrade instructions to your library users.
...
"require": {
"kylekatarnls/update-helper": "^1"
},
"require-dev": {
"composer/composer": "^1.2",
},
"extra": {
"update-helper": "MyNamesapace\\MyUpdateHelper"
},
"scripts": {
"post-autoload-dump": [
"UpdateHelper\\UpdateHelper::check"
]
},
...namespace MyNamesapace;
use UpdateHelper\UpdateHelper;
use UpdateHelper\UpdateHelperInterface;
class MyUpdateHelper implements UpdateHelperInterface
{
public function check(UpdateHelper $helper)
{
$helper->write("You're using an obsolete version of my-super-package, consider upgrading to version 2 or greater.");
if ($helper->hasAsDependency('laravel/framework') && $helper->isDependencyLesserThan('laravel/framework', '5.0.0')) {
$helper->write("You're using a very old version or Laravel we don't support, please consider upgrading at least to 5.0.0.");
}
if ($helper->isInteractive()) {
if ($helper->getIo()->askConfirmation('Do you want us to upgrade it for you?')) {
$helper->setDependencyVersions(array(
'my-vendor/my-super-package' => '^2.0.0',
'laravel/framework' => '^5.0.0', // Skip it if not installed
))->update();
}
}
}
}