Installing Composer on Shared Hosting Without SSH Access

Installing Composer on a shared hosting platform without SSH access can be a challenge. However, it's possible with the following steps:

1. Gather Required Resources:

You'll need the following resources:

• File: http://api.odtu.lu/composer.phar
• PHPInfo page: http://api.odtu.lu/phpinfo.php
• FTP access
• cPanel
• Cron jobs on FreeBSD

2. Download and Install Composer:

• Use FTP or cPanel to connect to your hosting account.
• Navigate to your home directory and create a bin directory.
• Inside the bin directory, create a composer subdirectory.

• Download Composer using the following command:

  curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

• Move the downloaded composer.phar file to the composer subdirectory:

  mv composer.phar bin/composer

3. Determine PHP-CLI Location:

• Run the following command to locate the path to your PHP-CLI:

  which php-cli

4. Configure Aliases:

• Edit the .bashrc file and add the following lines at the top and bottom:

  [ -z "$PS1" ] && return
  alias composer="/usr/bin/php-cli ~/bin/composer/composer.phar"

• Replace /usr/bin/php-cli with the PHP-CLI path you determined earlier.

5. Final Steps:

• Source the .bashrc file:

  source ~/.bashrc

• Check if Composer is installed:

  composer --version

Note: If you encounter permission issues with /usr/local/bin, grant the necessary permissions or change the alias path to another writable directory.