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This library defines the SteveGrunwell\SemVer\Version class, which is meant to parse and manipulate version numbers based on the rules of Semantic Versioning (a.k.a. "SemVer").

Installation

Install the library using Composer:

$ composer require stevegrunwell/semver-parser

Please note that while this library should be compatible with PHP 7.4 and newer, the unit tests are only run in CI against actively-supported versions of PHP.

Usage

The constructor of the Version class can accept a valid, semantic version based on the Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 specification:

use SteveGrunwell\SemVer\Parser;

// Import the Composer-generated autoloader.
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$version = new Version('1.2.3-rc1+local');

// Parse the version.
$version->getMajorVersion();      // 1
$version->getMinorVersion();      // 2
$version->getPatchVersion();      // 3
$version->getPreReleaseVersion(); // rc1
$version->getBuildMetadata():     // local

// Modify the version.
$version->setMajorVersion(4);
$version->setMinorVersion(5);
$version->setPatchVersion(6);
$version->setPreReleaseVersion('rc2');
$version->setBuildMetadata('github-actions.ubuntu2404');

// Retrieve the updated version as a string.
$version->getVersion(); // "4.5.6-rc2+github-actions.ubuntu2404"
(string) $version;      // "4.5.6-rc2+github-actions.ubuntu2404"

Additional methods

In addition to the setters and getters described above, each of the major, minor, and patch values have corresponding increment and decrement methods:

// Increment values.
$version->incrementMajorVersion();
$version->incrementMinorVersion();
$version->incrementPatchVersion();

// Decrement values.
$version->decrementMajorVersion();
$version->decrementMinorVersion();
$version->decrementPatchVersion();

It's worth noting that incrementMajorVersion() and incrementMinorVersion() will reset the the minor/patch and patch numbers (respectively) according to the Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 specification.

License

This library is released under the MIT License. Please see LICENSE.md for more details.