missing composer.phar

[Richard Dunne]

I have composer installed

C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.1.9>composer -V

Composer version 1.5.2 2017-09-11 16:59:25

Directory of C:\wamp64\apps\phpmyadmin4.7.9\vendor\composer

15/03/2018  04:01    <DIR>          .

15/03/2018  04:01    <DIR>          ..

15/03/2018  04:01             1,244 autoload_classmap.php

15/03/2018  04:01               540 autoload_files.php

15/03/2018  04:01               218 autoload_namespaces.php

15/03/2018  04:01             1,287 autoload_psr4.php

15/03/2018  04:01             2,414 autoload_real.php

15/03/2018  04:01             5,415 autoload_static.php

15/03/2018  04:01            13,451 ClassLoader.php

15/03/2018  04:01            27,699 installed.json

15/03/2018  04:01             1,070 LICENSE

I want to try a new web testing tool for automation which requires composer, however I noticed there is no composer.phar file.  Do I need it?  If so, do I need to reinstall composer?