# Composer

Application: Nils Adermann / Jordi Boggiano

Dem still dey call am php composer, composer.phar

Nils Adermann / Jordi Boggiano, Productivity

Di PHP dependency manager. For Windows di command na composer.exe. No bi npm.

## Wetin you need know

Composer na di PHP manager. npm na di Node manager.

composer.exe dey install PHP packages from Packagist. npm dey come with Node.js and e dey read package.json. XAMPP fit provide PHP. E no dey replace Composer.

- **Wetin e be?**: PHP dependency manager

  **Di same as npm?**: No. npm na for Node

  **You need PHP?**: Yes. composer dey call php.exe

Feex tok say

If dem no recognize composer, I go install am from getcomposer.org and check php -v. I no go repair Node.js to fix PHP lockfile.

## Wetin bi Composer?

Composer na di PHP dependency manager. composer.exe na di Windows command. No bi npm, no bi PEAR as modern default, and no bi XAMPP by imself.

## If you never use am before

If PHP README talk say make you install Composer, get di Windows installer from getcomposer.org/download. composer.exe dey read composer.json and e dey talk to Packagist. npm na di Node.js package manager. You need PHP for PATH. Composer no go install Node modules.

## Wetin dem dey use am for?

**Install PHP packages**

composer install. npm install na di JavaScript mate, no bi dis command.

**Lockfiles**

composer.lock. package-lock.json na npm file.

**Global PHP tools**

composer global require. Dat one na still PHP. E no go add node.exe.

## Na who e dey for?

- PHP developers wey dia repo get composer.json
- Students wey dey use Laravel abi Symfony
- Anybody wey run npm inside PHP project con dey wonder why vendor/ dey empty

## Current status

Composer (2012) na current php package manager from Nils Adermann / Jordi Boggiano. Di vendor still dey point Windows users go https://getcomposer.org/download/.

## How old e be?

Nils Adermann and Jordi Boggiano release Composer for 2012, di same time wey npm begin blow. Current 2.x Windows builds na di product. Tutorial wey bi only 1.x fit miss Composer 2 lockfile rules.

## Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Composer 2

## System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

### Minimum

| Operating system | Current 64-bit Windows 10 abi Windows 11 release, plus supported PHP, according to getcomposer.org |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| RAM              | Di client small. Large vendor trees need disk space                                                |

## Resource profile

- **CPU demand**: Dey follow wetin you open inside di app

  **RAM demand**: Dey follow documents, tabs, or libraries

## Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

| composer.exe | Composer Windows command |
| ------------ | ------------------------ |

## Startup components

composer.exe no dey start with Windows. You dey run am inside project folder.

## File locations

| Typical install | C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin\\ |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------- |

## File formats

composer.json, composer.lock

## Common wahala dem

### PHP dey miss from PATH

Composer need php.exe. XAMPP abi PHP zip fit provide am. node.exe no go run composer.json.

### openssl abi missing extensions

Windows PHP builds need di extensions wey Composer document. Dat one no bi npm optional dependency.

## How to get unstuck

### Install from getcomposer.org/download

Di project host Composer-Setup.exe. Any Composer pack for freeware site na useless thing.

### php -v then composer -V

Both of dem must work. where.exe npm na different toolchain.

### Delete vendor and run composer install again if di lock file dey okay

No delete node_modules make you take fix PHP autoload error.

## Alternatives

npm if di project na JavaScript. PEAR na di older PHP channel. XAMPP if you still need local PHP binary.

## Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

| Download      | [getcomposer.org/download/ ](https://getcomposer.org/download/)Official installer or vendor page |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Help          | [getcomposer.org/doc/ ](https://getcomposer.org/doc/)Vendor support                              |
| Official site | [getcomposer.org/ ](https://getcomposer.org/)Start here, no be random exe host                   |
| Composer docs | [getcomposer.org/doc/ ](https://getcomposer.org/doc/)require, install, and Windows notes         |

## Related hardware

Di client light. vendor/ need disk space. GPU no matter at all.

## Technical details

Technical details

Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build.

## Related

Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link.

[Node.js: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/nodejs/)[How to read Task Manager: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/)

## Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/).

- [Composer official site ](https://getcomposer.org/)· Vendor product page
- [Composer help ](https://getcomposer.org/doc/)· Vendor support
- [Composer documentation ](https://getcomposer.org/doc/)· Official getcomposer.org docs
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.

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Quick facts

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- **Developer**: Nils Adermann / Jordi Boggiano

  **Category**: PHP package manager

  **Process**: composer.exe

  **License**: MIT

  **First released**: 2012

  **Official site**: [getcomposer.org](https://getcomposer.org/)

  **Feex map am**: Dem see am on top Windows PCs for Foxhole

Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification.

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