How to quickly install composer on a Shared Server

1. Make sure to run PHP 5.3 and have corresponding php.ini
2. Adjust the following values inside php.ini:

max_execution_time = 300

max_input_time = 300

memory_limit = 512M

suhosin.executor.include.whitelist = phar

detect_unicode = Off

3. Log into account via SSH
4. cd public_html
5. php -r "readfile('https://getcomposer.org/installer');" | php -c php.ini
6. cd ~
7. nano .bashrc
8. add - alias composer="php -c ~/public_html/php.ini /home/cPanel_username/public_html/composer.phar" underneath "# User specific aliases and functions"
9. Save Changes with CTRL + X >> Y
10. source ~/.bashrc
11. check with composer -V