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Now would be a good time to commit your progress. If you are not already using git, set up a repository now. This is not a git tutorial so I won't go over the details. But using version control should be a habit, even if it is just for a tutorial project like this.
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What you have set up now is called a `front controller`. All requests are going to the same file that then decides what to do with it. This is a very common software design pattern.
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What you have set up now is called a [front controller](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Controller_pattern). All requests are going to the same file that then decides what to do with it. This is a very common software design pattern.
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### Introducing composer
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Just because you are not using a framework does not mean you will have to reinvent the wheel every time you want to do something. For PHP there is a dependency manager called composer that you can use to pull in 3rd party packages for your application.
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If you don't have composer installed already, head over to the website and install it.
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If you don't have composer installed already, head over to the [website](https://getcomposer.org/) and install it. You can find composer packages for your project on [packagist](https://packagist.org/).
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Create a new file in your project root folder called `composer.json`. This is the composer configuration file that will be used to configure your project and it's dependencies. It must be valid json or composer will fail.
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I like [filp/whoops](https://github.com/filp/whoops) , so I will show how you can install that package for your project. If you prefer another package, feel free to install that one. This is the beauty of programming without a framework, you have total control over your project.
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An alternative package would be: [PHP-Error](https://github.com/JosephLenton/PHP-Error)
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To install a new package, open up your `composer.json` and add the package to the require part. It should now look like this:
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