When installing a dependency, we are used to installing a version that adheres to a known public interface and does what it promises. That way we can safely use it in our code. A dependency that uses semantic versioning allows you to predict whether it is still going to work...
A quick tip here, for all PHP developers out there who author packages registered on packagist.org. Add a .gitattributes file in the root of your github repository. The .gitattributes file allows you to configure several things, but the most important thing related to composer is the ability to not...
Have you ever tried to automate WordPress upgrade tasks or deployments? I did, it was a big pain. Sometimes I would find myself updating WordPress options on 54 different blogs through the admin interface. Completely tired of it I created a little tool to automate this kind of things trough...