Originally published at: http://www.sitepoint.com/mastering-composer-tips-tricks/
Composer has revolutionized package management in PHP. It upped the reusability game and helped PHP developers all over the world generate framework agnostic, fully shareable code. But few people ever go beyond the basics, so this post will cover some useful tips and tricks.
Global
Although it’s clearly defined in the documentation, Composer can (and in most cases should) be installed globally. Global installation means that instead of typing out
php composer.phar somecommandyou can just type out
composer somecommand