title: CakePHP - how to use composer with online webserver?
body: <p>OK, absolute CakePHP noob here, be patient.</p>
  
  <p>I managed to install <code>CakePHP 3.4.9</code> (latest) onto my webserver (online - shared host), by using the <code>Softaculous software installer</code> that came as part of the host's cPanel.</p>
  
  <p>I now would like to install the <code>AdminLTE theme</code> for CakePHP (<a href="https://github.com/maiconpinto/cakephp-adminlte-theme" rel="nofollow noreferrer">see here</a>), but it seems this is only possible if done via Composer. Composer, if I understand this correctly, is an offline dependency manager that is run via command-line (eg. MS-Dos) and supposed to help install plugins for offline applications that sit in a development framework such as XAMPP.</p>
  
  <p>Since my website is not available offline (yet), and I have no SSH access to my webhost, how would I go about installing composer on my webserver?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you for any advice</p>