How to use composer with CakePHP?

@ryleigh 

To use Composer with CakePHP, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal window and navigate to the root directory of your CakePHP project.
2. Create a new file named composer.json in the root directory of your CakePHP project.
3. Add the following code to the composer.json file:

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{
    "require": {
        "cakephp/cakephp": "^4.2"
    }
}

This code specifies that your project requires CakePHP version 4.2.

1. Run the following command in the terminal window to install CakePHP and its dependencies:

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$ composer install

This command will download and install CakePHP and its dependencies.

1. After the installation is complete, include the Composer autoloader in your application's config/bootstrap.php file:

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require dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

This will ensure that all the classes and libraries installed by Composer are available in your CakePHP application.

That's it! You can now use CakePHP with Composer.