diff --git a/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/file_parser.rb b/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/file_parser.rb
index 9d63b2061c..bcae1b85d1 100644
--- a/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/file_parser.rb
+++ b/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/file_parser.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 
 module Dependabot
   module Composer
+    REQUIREMENT_SEPARATOR = /
+      (?<=\S|^)          # Positive lookbehind for a non-whitespace character or start of string
+      (?:[ \t,]*\|\|?[ \t]*) # Match optional whitespace, a pipe (|| or |), and optional whitespace
+      (?=\S|$)           # Positive lookahead for a non-whitespace character or end of string
+    /x
+
     class FileParser < Dependabot::FileParsers::Base
       require "dependabot/file_parsers/base/dependency_set"
 
@@ -40,7 +46,8 @@ def ecosystem
         @ecosystem ||= T.let(
           Ecosystem.new(
             name: ECOSYSTEM,
-            package_manager: package_manager
+            package_manager: package_manager,
+            language: language
           ),
           T.nilable(Ecosystem)
         )
@@ -50,7 +57,48 @@ def ecosystem
 
       sig { returns(Ecosystem::VersionManager) }
       def package_manager
-        PackageManager.new(composer_version)
+        raw_composer_version = env_versions[:composer] || composer_version
+        PackageManager.new(
+          raw_composer_version
+        )
+      end
+
+      sig { returns(T.nilable(Ecosystem::VersionManager)) }
+      def language
+        php_version = env_versions[:php]
+
+        return unless php_version
+
+        Language.new(
+          php_version,
+          requirement: php_requirement
+        )
+      end
+
+      sig { returns(T::Hash[Symbol, T.nilable(String)]) }
+      def env_versions
+        @env_versions ||= T.let(
+          Helpers.fetch_composer_and_php_versions,
+          T.nilable(T::Hash[Symbol, T.nilable(String)])
+        )
+      end
+
+      # Capture PHP requirement from the composer.json
+      sig { returns(T.nilable(Requirement)) }
+      def php_requirement
+        requirement_string = Helpers.php_constraint(parsed_composer_json)
+
+        return nil unless requirement_string
+
+        requirements = requirement_string
+                       .strip
+                       .split(REQUIREMENT_SEPARATOR)
+                       .map(&:strip)
+                       .reject(&:empty?)
+
+        return nil unless requirements.any?
+
+        Requirement.new(requirements)
       end
 
       sig { returns(DependencySet) }
@@ -162,7 +210,8 @@ def dependency_version(name:, type:)
       end
 
       sig do
-        params(name: String, type: String, requirement: String).returns(T.nilable(T::Hash[Symbol, T.nilable(String)]))
+        params(name: String, type: String,
+               requirement: String).returns(T.nilable(T::Hash[Symbol, T.nilable(String)]))
       end
       def dependency_source(name:, type:, requirement:)
         return unless lockfile
@@ -243,7 +292,10 @@ def parsed_lockfile # rubocop:disable Metrics/PerceivedComplexity
       def parsed_composer_json
         content = composer_json&.content
 
-        raise Dependabot::DependencyFileNotParseable, composer_json&.path || "" if content.nil? || content.strip.empty?
+        if content.nil? || content.strip.empty?
+          raise Dependabot::DependencyFileNotParseable,
+                composer_json&.path || ""
+        end
 
         @parsed_composer_json ||= T.let(JSON.parse(content), T.nilable(T::Hash[String, T.untyped]))
       rescue JSON::ParserError
@@ -268,7 +320,8 @@ def lockfile
 
       sig { returns(String) }
       def composer_version
-        @composer_version ||= T.let(Helpers.composer_version(parsed_composer_json, parsed_lockfile), T.nilable(String))
+        @composer_version ||= T.let(Helpers.composer_version(parsed_composer_json, parsed_lockfile),
+                                    T.nilable(String))
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/helpers.rb b/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/helpers.rb
index d628634373..60391d2708 100644
--- a/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/helpers.rb
+++ b/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/helpers.rb
@@ -89,6 +89,55 @@ def self.extract_and_clean_dependency_url(message, regex)
         nil
       end
 
+      # Run single composer command returning stdout/stderr
+      sig { params(command: String, fingerprint: T.nilable(String)).returns(String) }
+      def self.package_manager_run_command(command, fingerprint: nil)
+        full_command = "composer #{command}"
+
+        Dependabot.logger.info("Running composer command: #{full_command}")
+
+        result = Dependabot::SharedHelpers.run_shell_command(
+          full_command,
+          fingerprint: "composer #{fingerprint || command}"
+        ).strip
+
+        Dependabot.logger.info("Command executed successfully: #{full_command}")
+        result
+      rescue StandardError => e
+        Dependabot.logger.error("Error running composer command: #{full_command}, Error: #{e.message}")
+        raise
+      end
+
+      # Example output:
+      # [dependabot] ~ $ composer --version
+      # Composer version 2.7.7 2024-06-10 22:11:12
+      # PHP version 7.4.33 (/usr/bin/php7.4)
+      # Run the "diagnose" command to get more detailed diagnostics output.
+      # Get the version of the composer and php form the command output
+      # @return [Hash] with the composer and php version
+      # => { composer: "2.7.7", php: "7.4.33" }
+      sig { returns(T::Hash[Symbol, T.nilable(String)]) }
+      def self.fetch_composer_and_php_versions
+        output = package_manager_run_command("--version").strip
+
+        composer_version = capture_version(output, /Composer version (?<version>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/)
+        php_version = capture_version(output, /PHP version (?<version>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/)
+
+        Dependabot.logger.info("Dependabot running with Composer version: #{composer_version}")
+        Dependabot.logger.info("Dependabot running with PHP version: #{php_version}")
+
+        { composer: composer_version, php: php_version }
+      rescue StandardError => e
+        Dependabot.logger.error("Error fetching versions for package manager and language #{name}: #{e.message}")
+        {}
+      end
+
+      sig { params(output: String, regex: Regexp).returns(T.nilable(String)) }
+      def self.capture_version(output, regex)
+        match = output.match(regex)
+        match&.named_captures&.fetch("version", nil)
+      end
+
       # Capture the platform PHP version from composer.json
       sig { params(parsed_composer_json: T::Hash[String, T.untyped]).returns(T.nilable(String)) }
       def self.capture_platform_php(parsed_composer_json)
diff --git a/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/language.rb b/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/language.rb
index 54f848ee9d..17696fe07a 100644
--- a/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/language.rb
+++ b/composer/lib/dependabot/composer/language.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 require "sorbet-runtime"
 require "dependabot/ecosystem"
+require "dependabot/composer/requirement"
 require "dependabot/composer/version"
 
 module Dependabot
@@ -12,11 +13,14 @@ class Language < Dependabot::Ecosystem::VersionManager
 
       NAME = "php"
 
-      sig { params(raw_version: String).void }
-      def initialize(raw_version)
+      sig { params(raw_version: String, requirement: T.nilable(Requirement)).void }
+      def initialize(raw_version, requirement: nil)
         super(
           NAME,
           Version.new(raw_version),
+          [],
+          [],
+          requirement
        )
       end
 
diff --git a/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/file_parser_spec.rb b/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/file_parser_spec.rb
index c05162e1af..d6c9ea34a1 100644
--- a/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/file_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/file_parser_spec.rb
@@ -410,9 +410,38 @@
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#package_manager" do
-    it "returns the correct package manager" do
+  describe "#ecosystem" do
+    it "returns the correct ecosystem" do
+      expect(parser.ecosystem).to be_a(Dependabot::Ecosystem)
+    end
+
+    it "returns package manager with version" do
       expect(parser.ecosystem.package_manager).to be_a(Dependabot::Composer::PackageManager)
+      expect(parser.ecosystem.package_manager.version).to eq("2.7.7")
+    end
+
+    it "returns language with version" do
+      expect(parser.ecosystem.language).to be_a(Dependabot::Composer::Language)
+      expect(parser.ecosystem.language.version).to eq("7.4.33")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "REQUIREMENT_SEPARATOR" do
+    let(:requirements) do
+      [
+        "php >=7.4 || php >=8.0",
+        "php >=7.4, || php >=8.0",
+        "php >=7.4 |||| php >=8.0"
+      ]
+    end
+
+    it "splits requirements correctly" do
+      results = requirements.map { |req| req.split(Dependabot::Composer::REQUIREMENT_SEPARATOR) }
+      expect(results).to eq([
+        ["php >=7.4", "php >=8.0"],
+        ["php >=7.4", "php >=8.0"],
+        ["php >=7.4", "", "php >=8.0"]
+      ])
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/helpers_spec.rb b/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/helpers_spec.rb
index 5a9166268e..9f46f0c94c 100644
--- a/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/helpers_spec.rb
+++ b/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/helpers_spec.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require "spec_helper"
+require "dependabot/composer/package_manager"
+require "dependabot/composer/language"
 require "dependabot/composer/helpers"
 
 RSpec.describe Dependabot::Composer::Helpers do
@@ -57,4 +59,149 @@
       expect(described_class.composer_version(composer_json)).to eq("2")
     end
   end
+
+  describe ".package_manager_run_command" do
+    let(:command) { "--version" }
+    let(:fingerprint) { nil }
+    let(:output) { "Composer version 2.7.7\nPHP version 7.4.33" }
+
+    before do
+      allow(Dependabot::SharedHelpers).to receive(:run_shell_command).and_return(output)
+    end
+
+    it "runs the given composer command and returns the output" do
+      expect(described_class.package_manager_run_command(command)).to eq(output.strip)
+    end
+
+    it "logs the command execution and success" do
+      expect(Dependabot.logger).to receive(:info).with("Running composer command: composer --version")
+      expect(Dependabot.logger).to receive(:info).with("Command executed successfully: composer --version")
+      described_class.package_manager_run_command(command)
+    end
+
+    it "logs and raises an error if the command fails" do
+      allow(Dependabot::SharedHelpers).to receive(:run_shell_command).and_raise(StandardError, "Command failed")
+      expect(Dependabot.logger).to receive(:error).with(/Error running composer command/)
+      expect { described_class.package_manager_run_command(command) }.to raise_error(StandardError, "Command failed")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".fetch_composer_and_php_versions" do
+    let(:output) do
+      "Composer version 2.7.7 2024-06-10 22:11:12\nPHP version 7.4.33 (/usr/bin/php7.4)"
+    end
+
+    before do
+      allow(described_class).to receive(:package_manager_run_command).and_return(output)
+    end
+
+    it "fetches and parses composer and PHP versions correctly" do
+      expect(described_class.fetch_composer_and_php_versions).to eq({
+        composer: "2.7.7",
+        php: "7.4.33"
+      })
+    end
+
+    it "logs the composer and PHP versions" do
+      expect(Dependabot.logger).to receive(:info).with(/Dependabot running with Composer version/)
+      expect(Dependabot.logger).to receive(:info).with(/Dependabot running with PHP version/)
+      described_class.fetch_composer_and_php_versions
+    end
+
+    it "logs and returns an empty hash on failure" do
+      allow(described_class).to receive(:package_manager_run_command).and_raise(StandardError, "Command failed")
+      expect(Dependabot.logger).to receive(:error).with(/Error fetching versions/)
+      expect(described_class.fetch_composer_and_php_versions).to eq({})
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".capture_version" do
+    let(:output) { "Composer version 2.7.7\nPHP version 7.4.33" }
+
+    it "captures the version from the output using the provided regex" do
+      expect(described_class.capture_version(output, /Composer version (?<version>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/)).to eq("2.7.7")
+      expect(described_class.capture_version(output, /PHP version (?<version>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/)).to eq("7.4.33")
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil if the regex does not match" do
+      expect(described_class.capture_version(output, /Unknown version (?<version>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/)).to be_nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".capture_platform_php" do
+    let(:parsed_composer_json) do
+      {
+        "config" => {
+          "platform" => {
+            "php" => "7.4.33"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    end
+
+    it "captures the PHP version from the composer.json config" do
+      expect(described_class.capture_platform_php(parsed_composer_json)).to eq("7.4.33")
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil if the platform key is not present" do
+      expect(described_class.capture_platform_php({})).to be_nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".capture_platform" do
+    let(:parsed_composer_json) do
+      {
+        "config" => {
+          "platform" => {
+            "ext-json" => "1.5.0"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    end
+
+    it "captures the platform extension version from composer.json" do
+      expect(described_class.capture_platform(parsed_composer_json, "ext-json")).to eq("1.5.0")
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil if the platform or extension name is not present" do
+      expect(described_class.capture_platform({}, "ext-json")).to be_nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".php_constraint" do
+    let(:parsed_composer_json) do
+      {
+        "require" => {
+          "php" => ">=7.4 <8.0"
+        }
+      }
+    end
+
+    it "captures the PHP version constraint from composer.json" do
+      expect(described_class.php_constraint(parsed_composer_json)).to eq(">=7.4 <8.0")
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil if the PHP constraint is not specified" do
+      expect(described_class.php_constraint({})).to be_nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe ".dependency_constraint" do
+    let(:parsed_composer_json) do
+      {
+        "require" => {
+          "ext-json" => ">=1.5.0",
+          "php" => ">=7.4 <8.0"
+        }
+      }
+    end
+
+    it "captures the version constraint for the given dependency" do
+      expect(described_class.dependency_constraint(parsed_composer_json, "ext-json")).to eq(">=1.5.0")
+    end
+
+    it "returns nil if the dependency is not specified" do
+      expect(described_class.dependency_constraint(parsed_composer_json, "ext-mbstring")).to be_nil
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/language_spec.rb b/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/language_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c205c8b58b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer/spec/dependabot/composer/language_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# typed: false
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "dependabot/composer/language"
+require "dependabot/ecosystem"
+require "spec_helper"
+
+ComposerLanguage = Dependabot::Composer::Language
+
+RSpec.describe Dependabot::Composer::Language do
+  let(:language) { described_class.new(version, requirement: requirement) }
+  let(:version) { "7.4.33" }
+  let(:requirement) { nil }
+
+  describe "#initialize" do
+    context "when version is a String" do
+      it "sets the version correctly" do
+        expect(language.version).to eq(Dependabot::Version.new(version))
+      end
+
+      it "sets the name correctly" do
+        expect(language.name).to eq(ComposerLanguage::NAME)
+      end
+
+      it "sets the deprecated_versions correctly" do
+        expect(language.deprecated_versions).to eq([])
+      end
+
+      it "sets the supported_versions correctly" do
+        expect(language.supported_versions).to eq([])
+      end
+
+      it "sets the requirement correctly" do
+        expect(language.requirement).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when a requirement is provided" do
+      let(:requirement) { Dependabot::Composer::Requirement.new([">=7.4", "<8.0"]) }
+
+      it "sets the requirement correctly" do
+        expect(language.requirement.requirements).to eq([
+          [">=", Gem::Version.new("7.4")],
+          ["<", Gem::Version.new("8.0")]
+        ])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#deprecated?" do
+    it "returns false for all versions" do
+      expect(language.deprecated?).to be false
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#unsupported?" do
+    it "returns false for all versions" do
+      expect(language.unsupported?).to be false
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#name" do
+    it "returns the correct name for the language" do
+      expect(language.name).to eq("php")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#version" do
+    context "when version is valid" do
+      it "returns the correct version" do
+        expect(language.version).to eq(Dependabot::Version.new("7.4.33"))
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when version is invalid" do
+      let(:version) { "invalid" }
+
+      it "raises an error when parsed as a Dependabot::Version" do
+        expect { language.version }.to raise_error(ArgumentError)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#requirement" do
+    context "when no requirement is provided" do
+      it "returns nil" do
+        expect(language.requirement).to be_nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when a requirement is provided" do
+      let(:requirement) { Dependabot::Composer::Requirement.new([">=7.4", "<8.0"]) }
+
+      it "returns the requirement object" do
+        expect(language.requirement.requirements).to eq([
+          [">=", Gem::Version.new("7.4")],
+          ["<", Gem::Version.new("8.0")]
+        ])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end