Lock PHP extensions to desired versions with Composer
Written byEver had a situation where your Docker containers went out the window due to one wrongly assigned version?
This happened to Joel Clermont. A recent change in a PHP extension threw his whole project off balance.
Sounds like something you might have gone through? Well, in his latest blog post, Joel shares a simple yet critical solution to prevent this in the future.
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