brkstn/version

Get the version number from any json file containing a version property.

brkstn/Version

Get the version number from any .json file in your project., _(*1)

Install

$ composer require brkstn/version:~1.0.0

Usage

Since most projects have both the vendor and package.json directory in the project root. The default arguments are the parent directory of vendor and package.json, but any valid .json file with a version property on the top level is acceptable., _(*2)

// Using default parameters (parent_directory_of_vendor, package.json)
$versionLoader = new brkstn\Version();
$version = $versionLoader->number;

// Setting filepath and filename
$versionLoader = new brkstn\Version(dirname(__DIR__), "composer.json");
$version = $versionLoader->number;