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include vendor/autoload.php automatically

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Khawer .

5 years ago
If we want to use composer packages, we have to include 'vendor/autoload.php', and if we don't have a front controller design pattern, we must include 'vendor/autoload.php' on every/most files. Why not to auto include 'vendor/autoload.php' file (if vendor folder exists)? * PHP will use include_once to include file Example Directory Structure: - Index.php (file) - Test.php (file) - Classes (folder) -- Classes/test2.php (file) - Vendor (folder) - On Index.php, php will automatically include 'vendor/autoload.php' because the vendor directory exists. - On Test.php, php will automatically include 'vendor/autoload.php' because the vendor directory exists. - On Classes/test2.php, since file is in sub directory and here vendor directory doesn't exist, so php will not include 'vendor/autoload.php'

Larry Garfield

5 years ago
On Sat, Mar 27, 2021, at 11:52 AM, Abdul Haq Sheikh wrote:
> If we want to use composer packages, we have to include > 'vendor/autoload.php', and if we don't have a front controller design > pattern, we must include 'vendor/autoload.php' on every/most files. Why not > to auto include 'vendor/autoload.php' file (if vendor folder exists)? > * PHP will use include_once to include file > > Example Directory Structure: > - Index.php (file) > - Test.php (file) > - Classes (folder) > -- Classes/test2.php (file) > - Vendor (folder) > > - On Index.php, php will automatically include 'vendor/autoload.php' > because the vendor directory exists. > - On Test.php, php will automatically include 'vendor/autoload.php' > because the vendor directory exists. > - On Classes/test2.php, since file is in sub directory and here vendor > directory doesn't exist, so php will not include 'vendor/autoload.php'
vendor/autoload.php is a Composer-specific convention. It's not something imposed by PHP itself. It's also quite simple to auto-include a file on every request, using the auto_append_file ini directive: https://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.auto-prepend-file If you don't have one or a small number of front controllers, that's a good setting to look into for exactly this purpose. --Larry Garfield

Ayesh - PHP.Watch

5 years ago
Larry already mentioned `auto_append_file` that I also think is the way to go, if it fits. The example directory structure from your email is also considered insecure, because without proper web-server protection, you are essentially exposing _all_ `vendor` files, including the ones that potentially execute code. On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 10:23 PM Abdul Haq Sheikh <khaweronline@gmail.com> wrote:

Mark Randall

5 years ago
On 27/03/2021 16:52, Abdul Haq Sheikh wrote:
> - On Index.php, php will automatically include 'vendor/autoload.php' > because the vendor directory exists. > - On Test.php, php will automatically include 'vendor/autoload.php' > because the vendor directory exists. > - On Classes/test2.php, since file is in sub directory and here vendor > directory doesn't exist, so php will not include 'vendor/autoload.php'
Just an observation, but if you're doing vendor/autoload.php from your index.php page, and are not already doing custom include paths, then chances are you have your vendor directory publicly accessible and that is considered unwise.