PSR-4 vs classmap autoloading

posted 11 years ago

Hi all !

Just a simple question. I read on different topic that custom class like helper.php should be autoload by classmap or other by PSR-0 or PSR-4...

My question is when to use what ? Right now I'm using classmap, but is it normal to have to dump-autoload everytime you add a new function to a class autoloaded with classmap ? is it the same with PSR-4 ?

Thanks for sharing your advices.

Last updated 3 years ago.

dwenaus

replied 11 years ago

I have the same question. In Taylor's book, he does this in his example of getting rid of the Models folder:

"autoload": { "psr-0": { "QuickBill": "app/" } }

Excerpt From: Taylor Otwell. “Laravel: From Apprentice To Artisan.” iBooks.

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mhenry07

replied 11 years ago

With PSR-0/PSR-4, you don't have to dump-autoload when you add or update a class. With @dwenaus's example, you could put helper.php at app/helper.php with namespace QuickBill, or maybe app/helpers/helper.php with namespace QuickBill\Helpers, and you wouldn't have to dump-autoload changes to helper.php.

I only use classmap for non-namespaced classes which don't fit my normal PSR-4 rules. Specifically, app/database/migrations (see this comment), app/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php and app/test/TestCase.php.

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