How to Install Composer on Windows
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that allows you to easily manage your PHP dependencies. If you’re a developer working on Windows and want to use Composer for your PHP development, you can follow these simple steps to install Composer on your machine.
Step 1: Download and Run the Composer Setup Executable
To install Composer on Windows, the first step is to download the Composer setup executable. Go to the Composer website and download the latest version of the Composer setup executable for Windows.
https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe
Once you’ve downloaded the setup executable, run it by double-clicking on the downloaded file. This will launch the Composer Setup wizard.
Step 2: Choose Installation Options
On the Composer Setup wizard, you will be presented with several installation options. Choose the installation location for Composer and make sure that the Add composer to PATH option is checked.
Step 3: Install Composer
After choosing the installation options, click on the Install button to start the installation process. The installer will download and install Composer on your machine.
Step 4: Verify Composer Installation
To verify that Composer is installed correctly, open the Command Prompt app on your Windows machine and run the following command:
composer --versionThis command will display the version of Composer installed on your machine. If the command displays the version of Composer, then Composer has been successfully installed.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Composer on your Windows machine. You can now use Composer to manage your PHP dependencies for your web applications and software.
