Laravel Version

A tiny port-adapter version resolver for Laravel apps. Pluggable sources: VERSION file, env var, git tag, or config array.

composer require othercode/laravel-version

• PHP ^8.3
• Laravel ^11.0 || ^12.0

Usage

The package auto-registers its service provider and ships a version() helper. Anywhere in your app:

$version = version();              // SemanticVersion instance
(string) $version;                 // "1.2.3-beta"
$version->major;                   // "1"
$version->minor;                   // "2"
$version->patch;                   // "3"
$version->status;                  // "beta"

Prefer explicit DI? Resolve the manager yourself:

use OtherCode\Laravel\Version\VersionManager;

$version = app(VersionManager::class)->version();

Choosing a source

Configure via config/version.php (publish with php artisan vendor:publish --tag=version-config) or env vars:

VERSION_SOURCE=file                 # file | env | git | config
VERSION_FILE_PATH=VERSION           # used when VERSION_SOURCE=file
VERSION_ENV_KEY=version.value       # used when VERSION_SOURCE=env
APP_VERSION=v1.2.3-beta             # used when VERSION_SOURCE=env
VERSION_CONFIG_PREFIX=version       # used when VERSION_SOURCE=config

file (default)

Reads a plain-text VERSION file at the app base path. Great for build-time injection:

# build.sh
git describe --tags --abbrev=0 > VERSION

env

Reads config('version.value'), typically fed by APP_VERSION. Ideal for platforms like Laravel Cloud where the deploy system injects the release tag as an environment variable. Laravel Cloud does not auto-inject a version — set APP_VERSION per release in the dashboard.

git

Runs git describe --tags --abbrev=0 via Symfony Process. Useful in dev and CI build steps, not in container runtimes: Docker images built from your repo typically do not ship the .git directory, so this adapter will fall back to v0.0.0-dev in production.

config

Reads four keys from a config bag: {prefix}.major, {prefix}.minor, {prefix}.patch, {prefix}.status (prefix defaults to version). Ideal when your app already keeps hardcoded version fragments in config/version.php and you want the file to stay pure data:

// config/version.php (consumer app)
return [
    'source' => 'config',

    'major' => '1',
    'minor' => '2',
    'patch' => '3',
    'status' => 'beta',
];

Using a custom source

Bind your own adapter anywhere (e.g. in a service provider):

use OtherCode\Laravel\Version\Contracts\VersionSource;
use OtherCode\Laravel\Version\SemanticVersion;

$this->app->singleton(VersionSource::class, fn () => new class implements VersionSource {
    public function version(): SemanticVersion {
        return SemanticVersion::fromString('1.0.0');
    }
});

Semantic version value object

SemanticVersion is a tiny immutable VO that parses [v]MAJOR[.MINOR[.PATCH]][-STATUS]:

use OtherCode\Laravel\Version\SemanticVersion;

SemanticVersion::fromString('v2.5.0-rc1');
SemanticVersion::fromString('2.5');       // pads MINOR/PATCH with "0"
SemanticVersion::fromString('');          // throws InvalidArgumentException

The version() helper

The package registers a global version() function guarded by function_exists(). If something in your app already defines version(), ours is silently skipped and you can still use app(VersionManager::class)->version() directly.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.