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Reword DM to use Composer as global PM

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Maxime Fabre
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@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The path `$HOME/local/bin` (or a directory of your choice) should be in your `$P
When you come across documentation that states to run Composer as `php composer.phar install`, you can substitute that with:
composer install
This section will assume you have installed composer globally.
### How to Define and Install Dependencies
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ This is most useful when you define your version requirements flexibly. For inst
### Update Notifications
To receive notifications about new version releases you can sign up for [VersionEye][3], a web service that can monitor
To receive notifications about new version releases you can sign up for [VersionEye][3], a web service that can monitor
your GitHub and BitBucket accounts for `composer.json` files and send emails with new package releases.
### Checking your dependencies for security issues
@@ -86,3 +86,10 @@ The [Security Advisories Checker][4] is a web service and a command-line tool, b
[5]: http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md
[6]: https://getcomposer.org/Composer-Setup.exe
### Handling global dependencies with Composer
Composer can also handle global dependencies and their binaries. Usage is straight-forward, all you need to do is prefix your command with `global`. If per example you wanted to install PHPUnit and have it available globally, you'd run the following command:
composer global require phpunit/phpunit
This will create a `~/.composer` folder where your global dependencies reside. To have the installed packages' binaries available everywhere, you'd then add the `~/.composer/vendor/bin` folder to your PATH.