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    ##Change default Mac OS X PHP to MAMP's PHP Installation and Install Composer Package Management
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    ###Instructions to Change PHP Installation
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    First, Lets find out what version of PHP we're running (To find out if it's the default version).

    To do that, Withing the terminal, Fire this command:

    which php

    This should output the path to the default PHP install which comes preinstalled by Mac OS X, by default it has to be (Assuming you've not changed it before):

    /usr/bin/php

    Now, We just need to swap this over to the PHP that is installed with MAMP, which is located at `/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10/bin` (MAMP 2.1.3)

    To do this, We need to edit the `.bash_profile` and add the MAMP version of PHP to the PATH variable.

    ####Follow these simple steps:
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    1. Within the Terminal, run `vim ~/.bash_profile`

    2. Type `i` and then paste the following at the top of the file:

    export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10/bin:$PATH

    3. Hit `ESC`, Type `:wq`, and hit `Enter`

    4. In Terminal, run `source ~/.bash_profile`

    5. In Terminal, type in `which php` again and look for the updated string. If everything was successful, It should output the new path to MAMP PHP install.

    ###Install Composer Package Management
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    Now you can fire the command to install the composer:

    curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin

    After the download & installation is done, You can add this alias to your `.bash_profile` or `.profile` file to get `composer` to work globally instead of `php /usr/bin/composer.phar` command.

    alias composer="php /usr/bin/composer.phar"

    You can verify your installation worked by typing the following command within the Terminal:

    composer

    It'll show you the current version and a list of commands you can use if the installation was successful.