What is autoload php in laravel?
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Does laravel offer a shortcode to access files in the vendor file asked Sep 14, 2015 at 23:58
4 You don't need to require It is required in
If it doesn't for some reason, try answered Sep 15, 2015 at 0:21
DrownDrown 5,7141 gold badge30 silver badges47 bronze badges 3 Jan 24, 2021 15:46 In this post we will code a custom autoloading solution in Core PHP from scratch and will also take a look at utilizing composer for autoloading in Core PHP. If you have used a framework like laravel, you may wonder how it autoload classes without including a source php file of that class. In core php, You have to include the source file of the class in order to use it somewhere in another file. for example:
And to use this UserModel class you have to include this file before using UserModel class.
But if you are using some framework like Laravel, You don't have to include the source file of the class in order to use it. For example in Laravel, to use the user model in the controller you just have to declare the namespace of the model using the keyword "use". example:
See the above beautiful code snippet of the laravel controller, Is it not elegant as Laravel promises? Have you noticed? there is no statement to include base Controller and model User. But both of the classes has been used in the code example. If you have used Laravel you know it will work, if you have not used it, Trust me! This is how it works, Yeah without including source files, you can use classes from all over the Laravel, anywhere in the Laravel context. Is it possible to use class without including a source file? The answer is NO. Then how a framework like laravel did it? you will see later in this post. Let's first understand how autoloading works with core php. If you are doing a Core PHP project, PHP already has a default autoloader spl_autoload() for you, You just need to activate it. Before starting with the coding part i want you to create separate folder for the corresponding examples Example of using default autoloader
Now create a Test class with method somefunc() in the class folder for testing purposes.
Run with php cli and the output should be:
You can find all the code snippets used in this post in attachments at the end of the post. This code snippet is in folder "php-inbuilt-autoloader-1". You can also configure suffix or extension, see the below example
You can find all the code snippets used in this post in attachments at the end of the post. This code snippet is in folder "php-inbuilt-autoloader-2". Default autoloader also plays well with namespaces. It will auto map namespace to source file path. For example, create a vendor folder in the class directory. Now in the vendor folder create Package Folder and in Package folder create a file test.class.php. Directory Structure: class/Vendor/Package/test.class.php
Output:
You can find all the code snippets used in this post in attachments at the end of the post. This code snippet is in folder "php-inbuilt-autoloader-3". PHP also allows you to register your own custom autoloader using spl_autoload_register() that is used to locate and include the source file of the class. Let's see how we can code custom solutions to auto include files. Create file test.php under directory vendor/Bitnbytes/Package, class file path should be vendor/Bitnbytes/Package/Test.php.
Register a custom autoloader to load Test class from our custom package.
Output:
You can find all the code snippets used in this post in attachments at the end of the post. This code snippet is in the folder "php-custom-autoloader-1". You may ask that the given code snippets only allow you to autoload from one base directory, but laravel autoload classes from many different directories. Of Course you can also do that by registering several autoloaders or either with one also. Let me show you first with seperate autoloaders for each directory. Create files with appropriate directories
Now run the index.php with php cli and output should be:
You can find all the code snippets used in this post in attachments at the end of the post. This code snippet is in folder "php-custom-autoloader-2". How can this be done with just one autoloader? Just modify your index.php
You can find all the code snippets used in this post in attachments at the end of the post. This code snippet is in the folder "php-custom-autoloader-3". When you headed to this post regarding autoloading, composer may come to your mind. Some of you may be expecting this post to be about autoloading with composer. If you are that someone, Let's cover the autoloading with the composer too. What is Composer? You can download composer by clicking this link and follow installing instructions given on https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md. If you're struggling to set up composer, just download composer.phar by clicking here and copy it to your working directory. Create composer.json file, use command php composer.phar init or php composer init, depending on installation.
Provide the information asked by composer:
Or just create a new composer.json file in working directory and copy the below snippet
Create below directory structure:
Note: make sure to delete the vendor directory if you are using the same directory that we have used in previous examples. I recommend you create a new directory. Code snippet for the index.php
Use below code snippet for Our SomeController.php
Our User model file User.php should look like:
Now run the index.php file with php cli using command php index.php.
Using composer.json to register namespaces for the project Modify composer.json, we just added autoload section and the rest of the json will remain the same.
After modifying the composer.json use the command: php composer.phar dump-autoload or php composer dump-autoload, again depends on your installation. I m using:
Create a new file use-composer-json.php
Now runs user-composer-json.php file with php cli using command php use-composer-json.php Output:
You can find all the code snippets used in this post in attachments at the end of the post. This code snippet is in the folder "php-custom-autoloader-4". Hope now you have understood how autoloading works in php, you can code your own autoloading solution for the core PHP project, you have also understood how frameworks like laravel did it using php composer. For latest updates: join me on Telegram Have any questions or suggestion? spit it in the comments. How does autoload work in PHP?The PHP Autoloader searches recursively in defined directories for class, trait and interface definitions. Without any further configuration the directory in which the requiring file resides will be used as default class path. File names don't need to obey any convention. All files are searched for class definitions.
What does composer autoload do?Autoloading: The classmap Directive
For each file, Composer will make a list of classes that are contained in that file, and whenever one of those classes is needed, Composer will autoload the corresponding file.
What is the use of vendor autoload PHP?In addition, the vendor/autoload. php file is automatically created. This file is used for autoloading libraries for the PHP project.
What is PHP artisan dumpIf you need to regenerate your package's autoload files, you may use the php artisan dump-autoload command. This command will regenerate the autoload files for your root project, as well as any workbenches you have created.
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