ssh –<\/strong> command for logging into the remote server. 3. Open your SSH client\u00a0 (here PuTTY<\/strong>), type your domain name or IP address in the Host Name<\/strong> field, your port number into the Port<\/strong>, select SSH<\/strong> as your Connection type<\/strong> and click on Open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 4. In case, you receive PuTTY Security Alert<\/strong>, click on Yes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n 5. Then enter your cPanel username and password when you are asked for. Type the username and for password just right-click and enter or simply right-click.<\/p>\n 6. You need to have PHP 5.5+<\/strong> version installed on your server for composer, so check whether the needed version is set up. Type the php -v<\/strong> command in PuTTY (or in Terminal) for finding the version. You will get the below output:<\/p>\n 7. For changing PHP version, log in to your cPanel, go to Software<\/strong> and Services section >> Select PHP Version<\/strong> menu:<\/p>\n 8. From the dropdown menu, select any version from 5.5-7.3<\/strong> versions and click on the Set as current link<\/strong> besides the menu:<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> Composer needs allow_url_fopen<\/strong>. It is by default enabled for all PHP versions on our Shared servers. But you can still check if it is On<\/strong> by navigating to Options<\/strong> menu at the top in Select PHP Version<\/strong> window:<\/p>\n 9. Then, go to the folder you want to install Composer<\/strong> in. Here, we will install Composer in public_html<\/strong>:<\/p>\n 10. Now, find or create the php.ini file and add some values to it. Log in to cPanel<\/strong> and go to File Manager<\/strong> menu:<\/p>\n 11. Go to the folder where your Composer will be installed and create a new file with the name php.ini<\/strong> with the help of +File<\/strong> button:<\/p>\n 12. Right-click on the file and click on Edit<\/strong> to open it. A new Edit window will get displayed, click on Edit<\/strong> again.<\/p>\n 13. Next, add the below values to the file and click on the Save Changes<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n 14. When you are done, get ready to install Composer. Open PuTTY<\/strong> window where you have logged in to your cPanel account and add the below command:<\/p>\n This will start the installation of Composer.<\/p>\n 15. If you want to run Composer, use the below commands:<\/p>\n or<\/p>\n 16. If you get a notification \u201cSome settings on your machine make Composer unable to work properly\u201d<\/strong>, check that the PHP version is 5.5 or higher and all the changes in the php.ini file are saved.<\/p>\n That’s it! You can now easily install Composer on your shared server by following the above steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Composer helps in managing dependencies in PHP. You can declare the libraries your project depends on, and it helps in managing (install\/update) them for you. Composer isn\u2019t a package manager similar to Yum or Apt. It works with ‘packages’ or libraries, but manages them on a per-project basis, installing them in a directory (e.g., vendor) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1501,1502,130,1035],"class_list":["post-9798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","placeholder-for-hentry","category-cpanel-hosting-faq","tag-composer","tag-install-composer-on-shared-server","tag-shared-hosting","tag-shared-server"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nusername –<\/strong> your cPanel username.
\nservername-<\/strong> name of the server on which your hosting account is located.
\nPORT –<\/strong> connection port – 21098 for a Shared Hosting servers, 22 – for a VPS\/Dedicated server<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/putty-configuration-min1.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/putty-security-alert-min.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cpanel-username-pass-min.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/php-version-min.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/select-php-version-min.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/php-set-as-current-min.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/allow-url-fopen-min.png\")
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\ncd public_html<\/pre>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cd-public_html-min.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/file-manager-min-1.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/file-manager-file-menu-min-1-1024x359.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/edit-php-ini-min-1.png\")
<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/edit-window-min.png\")
<\/p>\nmax_execution_time = 300\r\nmax_input_time = 300\r\nmemory_limit = 512M\r\nsuhosin.executor.include.whitelist = phar\r\ndetect_unicode = Off<\/pre>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/save-changes-1024x136.png\")
<\/p>\nphp -r \"readfile('https:\/\/getcomposer.org\/installer');\" | php -c php.ini<\/pre>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/compose-installed-min.png\")
<\/p>\nphp composer.phar<\/pre>\n
p -c php.ini composer.phar<\/pre>\n
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