{"id":27148,"date":"2019-05-17T11:49:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T09:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hetzner.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=27148"},"modified":"2025-12-30T14:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:10:06","slug":"composer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/products-and-services\/dedicated-hosting\/managing-dedicated-hosting\/composer\/","title":{"rendered":"Composer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Composer is a dependency management tool for PHP. It allows you to manage the libraries your project depends on and runs updates on these dependencies for you. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>Composer is now installed on all Managed Servers and uses the PHP configuration and version specified in the <\/span>PHP Config tool<\/span><\/a> in your Control Panel. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is a more modern approach to package management and is s<\/span>trongly inspired by Node’s <\/span>npm<\/span><\/a> and Ruby’s <\/span>bundler<\/span><\/a>. More information on Composer usage can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can choose between two methods of installing dependencies:<\/span><\/h3>\n

1.\u00a0 \u00a0 The first method is more simple and can be used when getting started. Run this command in your public_html directory:<\/span><\/p>\n

composer require <\/span><module><\/span><\/pre>\n
e.g. <\/span>composer require monolog\/monolog
\n<\/span><\/i><\/i>This will install the module and its dependencies into your current folder and create a file “vendor\/autoload.php” \u00a0which can then be included in your code to give access to the dependency<\/span>
\n2.\u00a0 \u00a0The second way to install dependencies is to use a provided composer.json file (often included with software such as some WordPress installers) or to create your own. \u00a0A more detailed explanation can be found <\/span>here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
To obtain information about installed dependencies:<\/span><\/h3>\n