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# Version
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Library for handling version information and constraints
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[](https://travis-ci.org/phar-io/version)
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## Installation
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You can add this library as a local, per-project dependency to your project using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):
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    composer require phar-io/version
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If you only need this library during development, for instance to run your project's test suite, then you should add it as a development-time dependency:
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    composer require --dev phar-io/version
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## Version constraints
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A Version constraint describes a range of versions or a discrete version number. The format of version numbers follows the schema of [semantic versioning](http://semver.org): `<major>.<minor>.<patch>`. A constraint might contain an operator that describes the range.
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Beside the typical mathematical operators like `<=`, `>=`, there are two special operators:
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*Caret operator*: `^1.0`
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can be written as `>=1.0.0 <2.0.0` and read as »every Version within major version `1`«.
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*Tilde operator*: `~1.0.0`
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can be written as `>=1.0.0 <1.1.0` and read as »every version within minor version `1.1`. The behavior of tilde operator depends on whether a patch level version is provided or not. If no patch level is provided, tilde operator behaves like the caret operator: `~1.0` is identical to `^1.0`.
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## Usage examples
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Parsing version constraints and check discrete versions for compliance:
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```php
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use PharIo\Version\Version;
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use PharIo\Version\VersionConstraintParser;
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$parser = new VersionConstraintParser();
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$caret_constraint = $parser->parse( '^7.0' );
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$caret_constraint->complies( new Version( '7.0.17' ) ); // true
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$caret_constraint->complies( new Version( '7.1.0' ) ); // true
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$caret_constraint->complies( new Version( '6.4.34' ) ); // false
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$tilde_constraint = $parser->parse( '~1.1.0' );
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$tilde_constraint->complies( new Version( '1.1.4' ) ); // true
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$tilde_constraint->complies( new Version( '1.2.0' ) ); // false
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```
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As of version 2.0.0, pre-release labels are supported and taken into account when comparing versions:
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```php
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$leftVersion = new PharIo\Version\Version('3.0.0-alpha.1');
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$rightVersion = new PharIo\Version\Version('3.0.0-alpha.2');
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$leftVersion->isGreaterThan($rightVersion); // false
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$rightVersion->isGreaterThan($leftVersion); // true
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``` 
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