codezero / composer-preload-files
Composer plugin to autoload files before vendor files.
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Type:composer-plugin
Requires
- php: >= 7.0
- composer-plugin-api: ^2.0
Requires (Dev)
- composer/composer: ^2.0
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Last update: 2024-12-22 14:52:50 UTC
README
Autoload Your Files Before Vendor Files
This Composer plugin enables you to autoload files that you specify before any vendor files.
This package is based on the original funkjedi/composer-include-files by @funkjedi and its fork hopeseekr-contribs/composer-include-files by @hopeseekr. Because maintenance of these packages appears to be stalled, I decided to attempt and remake the package from scratch and fix any reported bugs in the process.
✅ Requirements
- PHP >= 7.0
- Composer ^2.3
📦 Install
Install this package with Composer:
composer require codezero/composer-preload-files
📘 Usage
Add the preload-files
to your project's composer.json
under the extra
section:
"extra": { "preload-files": [ "app/helpers.php" ] },
The preload-files
in the extra
section will be loaded before the files
in a standard autoload
or autoload-dev
section.
This is true for your project, but also for any vendor package. Your project's preload files will always be loaded first.
🔌 Example Use Case
The best example use case is when you need to override a global helper function in a Laravel project.
Those helper functions are declared in helper files that are loaded in the files
array in the autoload
section of composer.json
:
"autoload": { "files": [ "src/Illuminate/Collections/helpers.php", "src/Illuminate/Events/functions.php", "src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php", "src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php" ] },
These functions are declared like this:
// helpers.php if ( ! function_exists('route')) { function route($name, $parameters = [], $absolute = true) { return app('url')->route($name, $parameters, $absolute); } }
If you add your own helper file to your project's autoload
section to override such function, you will notice that Laravel's function is already loaded, and you can not redeclare it.
One way to solve this, is to manually require
the helper file before Composer's autoload.php
file.
For Laravel, this means you need to require
the file in your project's public/index.php
file:
require __DIR__.'/../app/helpers.php'; require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
This works, but it is difficult, if not impossible to test (I did not find a way yet). If you are developing a package, it's also an extra step that users need take to install it.
Another solution is a package like this.
☕ Credits
- @ivanvermeyen
- @hopeseekr - original fork: hopeseekr-contribs/composer-include-files
- @funkjedi - original: funkjedi/composer-include-files
- All contributors
🔒 Security
If you discover any security related issues, please e-mail me instead of using the issue tracker.
📑 Changelog
A complete list of all notable changes to this package can be found on the releases page.
📜 License
The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.