Exclude a package from updating in composer

Question

Whenever I try to add a new package using composer like \"composer require packagename/package\" or use \"composer.phar update\", I am getting all the

Answer 1

One workaround is to use replace property, however there isn't dedicated command for that, so you can run composer require foo/bar as usual (which will create composer.json), then add a new replace section for the package to ignore.

Or create composer.json file on your own. Here is the example:

{
    "require": {
        "radic/tmp-underscore-php": "1.2.0"
    },
    "replace": {
        "patchwork/utf8": "*"
    }
}

Once you run composer install, the required package patchwork/utf8 won't be downloaded.