From e4abcb9733c4e06318666ccfaf0327f84bfac28d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: faissaloux <fwahabali@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:38:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] install auto

---
 src/actions/use.ps1 |  2 +-
 src/core/router.ps1 | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/actions/use.ps1 b/src/actions/use.ps1
index 94198f1..2c3a936 100644
--- a/src/actions/use.ps1
+++ b/src/actions/use.ps1
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function Auto-Select-PHP-Version {
     if (-not $installedVersions) {
         $message = "PHP '$version' is not installed."
         $message += "`nRun: pvm install $version"
-        return @{ code = -1; message = $message; }
+        return @{ code = -1; version = $version; message = $message; }
     }
 
     return @{ code = 0; version = $version; }
diff --git a/src/core/router.ps1 b/src/core/router.ps1
index 5a4788c..46b1549 100644
--- a/src/core/router.ps1
+++ b/src/core/router.ps1
@@ -52,7 +52,20 @@ function Invoke-PVMList{
 function Invoke-PVMInstall {
     param($arguments)
     
-    $version = $arguments[0]        
+    $version = $arguments[0]
+
+    if ($version -eq 'auto') {
+        $result = Auto-Select-PHP-Version
+
+        if ($result.code -eq 0) {
+            $version = $result.version
+            Display-Msg-By-ExitCode -result $result -message "php $version is already installed!"
+            return -1
+        }
+
+        $version = $result.version
+    }
+
     if (-not $version) {
         Write-Host "`nPlease provide a PHP version to install"
         return -1

From 77c037d6a1e26834717cc84a406f6edf91b6ec09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: faissaloux <fwahabali@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:38:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] install auto documentation

---
 readme.md           | 3 +++
 src/core/router.ps1 | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 1b52bb4..992213e 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ pvm list available --search=<version>
 pvm install <version> # pvm i <version>
 # Example: pvm install 8.4 # pvm i 8.4
 
+# Install the php version specified on your project.
+pvm install auto # pvm i auto
+
 # Uninstall a specific version
 pvm uninstall <version> # pvm rm <version>
 # Example: pvm uninstall 8.4 # pvm rm 8.4
diff --git a/src/core/router.ps1 b/src/core/router.ps1
index 46b1549..f310269 100644
--- a/src/core/router.ps1
+++ b/src/core/router.ps1
@@ -263,15 +263,17 @@ function Get-Actions {
             };
             action = { return Invoke-PVMList -arguments $script:arguments }}
         "install" = [PSCustomObject]@{
-            command = "pvm install <version>";
-            description = "The version must be a specific version.";
+            command = "pvm install <version>|[auto]";
+            description = "The version must be a specific version. use 'auto' to install the version specified in the current directory's composer.json or .php-version file.";
             usage = [ordered]@{
-                USAGE = "pvm install <version> (alias: pvm i <version>)"
+                USAGE = "pvm install <version> (alias: pvm i <version>) | pvm install auto"
                 DESCRIPTION = @(
                     "Downloads and installs the PHP version, including opcache and xdebug."
+                    "or use 'auto' to automatically select the version based on project configuration files."
                 )
                 ARGUMENTS = @(
                     "<version> .... The version must be a number e.g. 8, 8.2 or 8.2.0 (required)"
+                    "auto ......... Auto-detect version from project files"
                 )
             }
             action = { return Invoke-PVMInstall -arguments $script:arguments }}