Trying to install composer to get set up with Laravel framework

Question

I am trying to install composer on my Mac so that I can use the Laravel framework. I successfully downloaded composer through the terminal, and then I moved composer.phar t

Answer 1

for mac os x Mavericks and Yosemite El capitan

Change

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

To

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/bin/composer

Now if you just write composer in terminal, it will show you all available commands

Then "if running MAMP" navagate you htdocs folder and run

composer create-project laravel/laravel laratest

Hope that helps