Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies from lock file
Warning: The lock file is not up to date with the latest changes in composer.json. You may be getting outdated dependencies. Run update to update them.
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

  Problem 1
    - symfony/yaml v3.3.0 requires php >=5.5.9 -> your PHP version (5.5.8) does not satisfy that requirement.
    - symfony/yaml v3.3.0 requires php >=5.5.9 -> your PHP version (5.5.8) does not satisfy that requirement.
    - Installation request for symfony/yaml v3.3.0 -> satisfiable by symfony/yaml[v3.3.0].

Solution : Refresh lock file instead of updating?

D:\>php composer.phar update nothing
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Package operations: 3 installs, 1 update, 0 removals
  - Updating zendframework/zend-session (2.7.4 => 2.7.3): Downloading (100%)
  - Installing phpmailer/phpmailer (v6.0.0): Loading from cache
  - Installing symfony/polyfill-mbstring (v1.3.0): Downloading (100%)
  - Installing zendframework/zend-modulemanager (2.7.2): Downloading (100%)
phpmailer/phpmailer suggests installing league/oauth2-google (Needed for Google XOAUTH2 authentication)
phpmailer/phpmailer suggests installing hayageek/oauth2-yahoo (Needed for Yahoo XOAUTH2 authentication)
phpmailer/phpmailer suggests installing stevenmaguire/oauth2-microsoft (Needed for Microsoft XOAUTH2 authentication)
Writing lock file
Generating autoload files

D:\>
php.exe composer.phar
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/ /___/ /_/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ (__  )  __/ /
\____/\____/_/ /_/ /_/ .___/\____/____/\___/_/
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Composer version 1.5.2 2017-09-11 16:59:25

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      --no-plugins               Whether to disable plugins.
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  about           Shows the short information about Composer.
  archive         Creates an archive of this composer package.
  browse          Opens the package's repository URL or homepage in your browser.
  clear-cache     Clears composer's internal package cache.
  clearcache      Clears composer's internal package cache.
  config          Sets config options.
  create-project  Creates new project from a package into given directory.
  depends         Shows which packages cause the given package to be installed.
  diagnose        Diagnoses the system to identify common errors.
  dump-autoload   Dumps the autoloader.
  dumpautoload    Dumps the autoloader.
  exec            Executes a vendored binary/script.
  global          Allows running commands in the global composer dir ($COMPOSER_HOME).
  help            Displays help for a command
  home            Opens the package's repository URL or homepage in your browser.
  info            Shows information about packages.
  init            Creates a basic composer.json file in current directory.
  install         Installs the project dependencies from the composer.lock file if present, or falls back on the composer.json.
  licenses        Shows information about licenses of dependencies.
  list            Lists commands
  outdated        Shows a list of installed packages that have updates available, including their latest version.
  prohibits       Shows which packages prevent the given package from being installed.
  remove          Removes a package from the require or require-dev.
  require         Adds required packages to your composer.json and installs them.
  run-script      Runs the scripts defined in composer.json.
  search          Searches for packages.
  self-update     Updates composer.phar to the latest version.
  selfupdate      Updates composer.phar to the latest version.
  show            Shows information about packages.
  status          Shows a list of locally modified packages.
  suggests        Shows package suggestions.
  update          Upgrades your dependencies to the latest version according to composer.json, and updates the composer.lock file.
  upgrade         Upgrades your dependencies to the latest version according to composer.json, and updates the composer.lock file.
  validate        Validates a composer.json and composer.lock.
  why             Shows which packages cause the given package to be installed.
  why-not         Shows which packages prevent the given package from being installed.

What does 'composer dump-autoload' do ?

What’s the difference between composer dump-autoload, composer update and composer install?

  • composer install installs the vendor packages according to composer.lock (or creates composer.lock if not present),
  • composer update always regenerates composer.lock and installs the lastest versions of available packages based on composer.json
  • composer dump-autoload won’t download a thing. It just regenerates the list of all classes that need to be included in the project (autoload_classmap.php). Ideal for when you have a new class inside your project. Ideally, you execute composer dump-autoload -o , for a faster load of your webpages. The only reason it is not default, is because it takes a bit longer to generate (but is only slightly noticable)